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16 Nov 2019, 07:45
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Question 1
B
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
45%
(medium)
Question Stats:
56% (02:29) correct
44%
(02:41) wrong
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Question 2
E
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Difficulty:
15%
(low)
Question Stats:
70% (00:44) correct 30%
(00:52) wrong
based on 636
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Question 3
C
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Difficulty:
25%
(medium)
Question Stats:
70% (00:54) correct 30%
(01:05) wrong
based on 653
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New Project RC Butler 2019 - Practice 2 RC Passages Everyday
Passage # 455, Date: 16-Nov-2019
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Passage # 455, Date: 16-Nov-2019
This post is a part of New Project RC Butler 2019. Click here for Details
Nineteenth century painter Albert Bierstadt’s view of his artistic skill as a vehicle for selfpromotion was evident in his choices of style and subject matter. From the debut of his career with the exhibition of Lake Lucerne (1856), he developed a fixed style that was most easily recognizable for its size—the largest of the 636 paintings on display at the exhibition, it was over three meters wide. This, coupled with the artist’s ability to represent the optimistic feeling in America during the westward expansion, is what led to Bierstadt’s explosive growth in popularity during the 1860s. Bierstadt deliberately appealed to those rich patron —railroad tycoons and financiers—whose nearest substitute to making the arduous journey out West was to purchase a hyperbolized replica of a Western vista.
But trends following the Civil War produced a drastic shift away from the adventurous optimism of the pre-war era and toward a more subdued appreciation for the details of Americanlife. In this new social context, the paintings now seemed too decadent, too gaudy, for the new philosophy taking root in the country following the horrors of war. As one commentator in 1866 put it, Bierstadt’s work “may impose upon the senses, but does not affect the heart.” In a sense then, that same American pride upon which Bierstadt had capitalized to advance his success was now, in its fickleness, the source of his downfall.
But trends following the Civil War produced a drastic shift away from the adventurous optimism of the pre-war era and toward a more subdued appreciation for the details of Americanlife. In this new social context, the paintings now seemed too decadent, too gaudy, for the new philosophy taking root in the country following the horrors of war. As one commentator in 1866 put it, Bierstadt’s work “may impose upon the senses, but does not affect the heart.” In a sense then, that same American pride upon which Bierstadt had capitalized to advance his success was now, in its fickleness, the source of his downfall.
B
(A) justifiable pessimism
(B) somber realism
(C) restrained minimalism
(D) prideful idealism
(E) stubborn dogmatism
E
(A) challenge a prevailing thesis
(B) point out an erroneous assertion
(C) provide expert testimony
(D) highlight a controversy
(E) offer evidence supporting a claim
C
(A) the dimensions of his paintings
(B) his ability to convey auspicious feelings
(C) subdued appreciation for the details of American life
(D) catering to the preferences of the wealthy
(E) portrayals of exaggerated landscapes
17 Nov 2019, 03:45
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Took 6 and half minute and got 3rd question incorrect.
3. All of the following are mentioned as contributors to Bierstadt’s success EXCEPT
(A) the dimensions of his paintings
(B) his ability to convey auspicious feelings
(C) subdued appreciation for the details of American life
(D) catering to the preferences of the wealthy
(E) portrayals of exaggerated landscapes
Plz help with this question. I marked E as an answer as I could not reference of option E in the first para. The last sentence & last word of the first para "Vista" does indicate something that E is mentioned but I am still not 100% sure if that is the reason.
3. All of the following are mentioned as contributors to Bierstadt’s success EXCEPT
(A) the dimensions of his paintings
(B) his ability to convey auspicious feelings
(C) subdued appreciation for the details of American life
(D) catering to the preferences of the wealthy
(E) portrayals of exaggerated landscapes
Plz help with this question. I marked E as an answer as I could not reference of option E in the first para. The last sentence & last word of the first para "Vista" does indicate something that E is mentioned but I am still not 100% sure if that is the reason.
17 Nov 2019, 23:17
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Official Explanation
3. All of the following are mentioned as contributors to Bierstadt’s success EXCEPT
Explanation
The author argues in the first paragraph that Bierstadt “developed a fixed style that was most easily recognizable for its size,” (A), that he had an “ability to represent the optimistic feeling in America,” (B), that he “deliberately appealed to those rich patrons,” (D), and that patrons could purchase a “hyperbolized replica of a Western vista,” (E).
The increasing attention to “subdued appreciation for the details of American life” is mentioned in the second paragraph as a trend that worked against Bierstadt. Therefore, choice (C) is the correct answer to this Except question.
Answer: C
Explanation
The author argues in the first paragraph that Bierstadt “developed a fixed style that was most easily recognizable for its size,” (A), that he had an “ability to represent the optimistic feeling in America,” (B), that he “deliberately appealed to those rich patrons,” (D), and that patrons could purchase a “hyperbolized replica of a Western vista,” (E).
The increasing attention to “subdued appreciation for the details of American life” is mentioned in the second paragraph as a trend that worked against Bierstadt. Therefore, choice (C) is the correct answer to this Except question.
Answer: C
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