Native American stories often feature a character called the trickster, a comic figure who has both mortal weaknesses and supernatural powers. βββ
Picaro is human. He indulges in vices which enrages society. He is authentic. He acts as foil to society to reveal its hypocrisy. Society marginalizes him because he is viewed as dangerous.
Trickster serves as moral instruction: do not behave like the trickster. Trickster is animal; lives in world of myth; flaws are the trickster's own, not the society's; is a comic figure and socially marginalized because he is fundamentally antisocial. Trickster only makes himself look bad.
Coyote trickster embodies a moral lesson: reaching beyond proper limits will result in negative consequences.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
10.
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Question Type
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
The line mentioning the flaws of the trickster is intended to describe one of the ways in which the trickster is different from the picaro. Whereas the flaws of the picaro are a foil to society, this isnβt true for the trickster.
a
demonstrate that the βββββββββ ββ β βββββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββββββββ ββββββ
Not the purpose. Although the trickster is a comic figure with supernatural powers, the author doesnβt mention that the trickster is not a foil for the purpose of showing that the trickster is a comic figure with supernatural powers. The purpose is to present a difference between tricksters and picaros.
b
allude to the ββββββββββ ββββββββββββ βββββββ βββ βββββββββ βββ βββ ββββββ
The purpose is to point out a difference, not a similarity.
c
contrast the role ββ βββ βββββββββ ββββ ββββ ββ βββ ββββββ
This best captures the purpose as explained above.
d
illustrate how the βββββββββ ββ ββββ ββ ββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββββββββ
Itβs not clear that the trickster character is used for social commentary. The picaro is the one that points out the hypocrisy of society and is used for satire.
e
emphasize the disruptive, ββββββββ βββββββββ ββ βββ βββββββββ
Although the trickster is an anarchic character, that isnβt the purpose of mentioning that the trickster doesnβt act as a foil to society. The purpose is to present a difference between tricksters and picaros.
Difficulty
90% of people who answer get this correct
This is a slightly challenging question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%130
139
75%147
Analysis
Purpose in context (of word, phrase, or idea)
Structure
Critique or debate
Humanities
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
1%
148
b
1%
148
c
90%
161
d
4%
150
e
3%
150
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