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Why is the answer of Q27 (B) ? Why not (A)?
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24. According to the passage, all of the following are depicted in Bearden's collages EXCEPT


(A) workers in Pittsburgh's steel mills

No. They are mentioned - "of Pittsburgh steelworkers"

(B) scenes set in the ancient kingdom of Benin

No. They are mentioned - "his reconstruction of classical Greek myths in the guise of the ancient Black kingdom of Benin"

(C) people Bearden knew as a child

No. They are mentioned - "Portrayals of the folk of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, whom he remembers from early childhood"

(D) traditional representations of the classical heroes of Greek mythology

Yes.

The passage does not state this. It only mentions that he recreated Classical Greek Myths in the guise of the Ancient Black Kingdom of Benin.

(E) the jazz musicians of the Harlem Bearden used to know

No. They are mentioned - "of the jazz musicians and tenement roofs of his Harlem days"



25. The author suggests that Bearden should not be called a Black American artist because


(A) there are many collages by Bearden in which the subject matter is not Black

No mention of non-Black subject matter, even the Greek myths are reconstructed in the guise of the ancient kingdom of Benin

(B) Bearden's work reflects the Black American experience in a highly individual style

No mention of this

(C) through the structure of Bearden's art his Black subjects come to represent all of humankind

Yes.

Because ultimately this categorization is too narrow. "What stands up, in the end, is structure," Bearden says. "What I try to do is amplify. If I were just creating a picture of a farm woman from back home, it would have meaning to her and people there. But art amplifies itself to something universal."


(D) Bearden's true significance lies not so much in his own work as in his efforts to help other minority artists

No mention of this in the passage

(E) much of Bearden's work uses the ancient Black kingdom of Benin for its setting

No mention of this



26. Bearden's social sensibilities and the subject matter of his collages are mentioned by the author in order to explain


(A) why one might be tempted to call Bearden a Black American artist

Yes.

In natural harmony with this choice of subject matter are the social sensibilities of the artist, who remains active today with the Cinque Gallery in Manhattan, which he helped found and which is devoted to showing the work of minority artists. Then why not call Bearden a Black American artist?


(B) why Bearden cannot be readily categorized

No

(C) why Bearden's appeal is thought by many to be ultimately universal

No

(D) how deeply an artist's artistic creations are influenced by the artist's social conscience

No

(E) what makes Bearden unique among contemporary Black American artists

No



27. The author of the passage is chiefly concerned with


(A) discussing Bearden's philosophy of art

No

(B) assessing the significance of the ethnic element in Bearden's work

Yes.

The author is trying to assess the significance of the ethnic element and how it cannot be viewed narrowly since it also has a universal significance


(C) acknowledging Bearden's success in giving artistic expression to the Black American experience

No

(D) pointing out Bearden's helpfulness to other minority artists

No

(E) tracing Bearden's progress toward artistic maturity

No
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