Reading ComprehensionDifficulty: Easy

PT145 S1 P1 Q6 Explanation

Federal Theater Project

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Passage

The Federal Theater Project (FTP) was established in the late 1930s by the United States government. Although it existed for only four years, at its peak the FTP employed an average of 10,000 workers, operated 185 production units in 28 states, and entertained a weekly audience of nearly half a million people. group of African American theater artists had come before to founding a truly national black theater.

The creation of the FTP came on the heels of the Harlem Renaissance, a period of intense creativity and innovation within the African American arts community. Thus, by the time the FTP was founded, a diverse body of thought concerning the social function of art already existed within the African American community. to think about what it means to assume black roles both on and beyond the stage.

Although it did not have a long history, the FTP provided a lifeline for the theater during the Great Depression, a time when the performing arts in the United States faced an uncertain fate. This allowed the Negro Units to produce of African American artists and their audiences nationwide.

What this question is testing

Inference

Your task

Find what must be true based on what the passage or stimulus states.

Common trap

Answers that are plausible or likely but not actually guaranteed by the text.

Winning move

Keep only the choice the statements fully support — eliminate anything that requires an extra assumption.

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The question
6.

The passage provides the most support for inferring that the producers of the musical The Swing Mikado were

Answer choices

  1. Opposite, if anything0% picked this

    believed that playwrights should avoid controversial themes in

    This musical was designed to be provocative. They're intentionally juxtaposing a white classic with black actors to create a jarring effect.

  2. Opposite, if anything1% picked this

    opposed the idea that plays should instruct as well as entertain

    All the plays have the goal of entertaining. The question is whether they should simply entertain or also instruct. Since this musical was meant to "challenge its audience to think", we would say the producers were among those who agree that plays should do more than just entertain.

  3. Unsupported: folk dramas / rural roots0% picked this

    favored folk dramas exploring rural roots

    This musical takes a white classic and casts black actors in those roles. That's all we know about it. So we can't say if it's a folk drama. We don't know if it explores rural roots.

  4. Contradicted6% picked this

    favored urban realistic dramas depicting contemporary dilemmas for

    This is a white classic with black actors cast instead of white people. There's no way this classic white story is an "urban realistic drama depicting contemporary dilemmas for African Americans".

  5. Correct92% picked this

    advocated adapting dramas written by white playwrights for performance by African

    Why this is right

    We know that this play took a white classic (a work that was written and performed by whites) and cast African American performers in the roles. So it makes sense to say these producers were among those who thought that black theater should take works written by white playwrights and have them performed by African American performers.

    Skill tested: Inference · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

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