Parthenon EXCEPT:
(A)
It was constructed in the High Classical Period.
(B)
It has been seen as a great work of art.
(C)
It was featured on a temple-chamber.
(D)
It is not known how it looked at the time of its construction.
(E)
It contained a one-of-a-kind sculptural element.
Questions 57–58 are based on the following reading passage.
A single short story can suggest a desired response from the reader. It
is a difficult task,
though, to create a world within a single short story and then repeat this
world again in other
stories while maintaining a consistent flow of ideas. Many authors prefer
to use the same
setting, indeed, often the same characters in each story. Isabel Allende’s
Diez Cuentos’ de Eva
Luna
5 comes to mind. In these stories, Allende uses the small town of
Agua Santa as the setting for the
entire collection.
Woman Hollering Creek
is a collection of short stories by Sandra
Cisneros. Rather than using
the same characters or setting throughout the collection, Cisneros takes a
different approach to
relating her stories to one another. Much of the burden, in fact, is placed
on the reader, for the
10 characters change each time, as does the setting. Furthermore, while the
characters are largely
Mexican American immigrant women, each character presents a distinct
style and literary voice.
What these works have in common is more intuitive; mood,
circumstance, time, tone, and imagery
all play a role in creating the world in which the stories
take place.
57. The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the
following statements?
(A)
Short story collections depend on the reader to find the common
thread that ties the stories together.
(B)
Isabel Allende uses the same setting for the majority of her fiction.
(C)
It is possible to create a coherent short story collection if the stories
take place in different times and places.
(D)
Intuition is a more important aspect of Sandra Cisneros’s writing
than the characters or the setting.
(E)
The best short story collections feature some through line that the
reader can follow and that connects the various stories.
58. According to the passage, which of the following characterizes both short
stories by Isabel Allende and short stories by Sandra Cisneros?
(A)
Similarities in tone among the stories
(B)
Similarities in time among the stories
(C)
Similarities in characters among the stories
(D)
Similarities in setting among the stories
(E)
None of the above
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