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1. Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage?

(C) The Federal Theater Project's Negro Units are now being recognized for the pivotal role they played in creating what was perhaps the first truly national black theater in the United States, one reflective of the diversity of views and interests of the African American community
The answer to question 1 comes from the first paragraph.

Lines 17-20 tell us that "the people working in these units arguably came closer than any other group of African American theater artists had come before to founding a truly national black theater"..

Line 7 says that the "Negro units" were "One of the most important, although until recently little-studied, legacies...".
This line is important, because the phrase 'until recently little-studied' justifies the words "are now being recognised" in (C).

Every word of the answer needs backing from the text!
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Question 5 asks what the author most likely means by "a truly national black theater" (lines 19- 20).

To answer this question, we have to look elsewhere in the passage. How does the author describe the Negro Units of the FTP, and why are they "a truly national black theater"?

Looking at paragraph 2, the author describes the differing viewpoints that existed in these theater units. Should they put on folk dramas or urban dramas? Should they perform adapted plays written by white playwrights? In this paragraph, the debates are not settled.

In paragraph 3 the author confirms the important role of the Negro Units, saying that they "reflected the genuine diversity of African American artists and their audiences nationwide." From this, we know that these units were valuable because they didn't settle the debates in paragraph 2. Instead, they put on diverse plays that mirrored the diverse, nationwide African American community. ­

From this, we know that the author defines a "a truly national black theater" as one that reflects the nationwide diversity of African American artists and their audiences.

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(A) a publicly funded performing arts center dedicated to the production of plays for African American audiences
This doesn't capture the author's emphasis on diversity of thought. Additionally, while the FTP WAS publicly funded, the author doesn't say that a program must be publicly funded in order to be "truly national."

(A) is out.
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(B) a broad-based dramatic-arts enterprise reflecting the diversity of views and tastes of African American artists and communities
This aligns nicely with the definition in the passage! Keep (B).
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(D) a canon of plays written by African American playwrights and endorsed by scholars
The debate about whether to use plays written by white playwirghts was never resolved. Perhaps some troupes did so, and some did not. So, the definition of a "truly national black theater" is not limited to only plays written by African American playwrights.

(D) is out, and (B) is the correct answer to question 5. ­
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