I had a hard time choosing between (A) and (D). Where does the passage mention anything about the environment and circumstance in which a piece of folklore is used?
I thought that (A) was a pretty good paraphrase of the paragraph immediately preceding (2nd para), where the author talks about the "full picture of a woman and her folklore" rather than what used to be the case in 1903 - repertoire analysis - which I accepted as a "critical analysis of its parts."
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Re: Q14
Hey Magnusgan.
This kind of local-inference question demands that the reader go back to the text itself. The author states that "recent books" provide "context" for folklore. These books describe the "biographies" and "cultural backgrounds" of folk artists (lines 35, 41).
(D) is supported. These books " [answer] questions about what folklore means to the people who use it" by describing folk artists’ lives and cultures (lines 51-52). This matches (D)’s description of the "environment and circumstances" in which folklore is used.
(A) is unsupported. I can see why (A) seems tempting with its description of a "holistic assessment." However, there’s no indication that "context" signifies an absence of a "critical analysis of [folklore’s] parts." On the contrary, these books offer detailed views of folk artists’ lives and works (lines 37-40). We know that some of these books engage in repertoire analysis (38-39, 46-47), and biography is a "part" of our understanding of folklore.
(B) is unsupported. There’s nothing about relying on earlier interpretations.
(C) is unsupported. The books are largely biographies, not detailed reads of folk art.
(E) is unsupported. The "context" here is not a literal setting.
Hope that helps.
This kind of local-inference question demands that the reader go back to the text itself. The author states that "recent books" provide "context" for folklore. These books describe the "biographies" and "cultural backgrounds" of folk artists (lines 35, 41).
(D) is supported. These books " [answer] questions about what folklore means to the people who use it" by describing folk artists’ lives and cultures (lines 51-52). This matches (D)’s description of the "environment and circumstances" in which folklore is used.
(A) is unsupported. I can see why (A) seems tempting with its description of a "holistic assessment." However, there’s no indication that "context" signifies an absence of a "critical analysis of [folklore’s] parts." On the contrary, these books offer detailed views of folk artists’ lives and works (lines 37-40). We know that some of these books engage in repertoire analysis (38-39, 46-47), and biography is a "part" of our understanding of folklore.
(B) is unsupported. There’s nothing about relying on earlier interpretations.
(C) is unsupported. The books are largely biographies, not detailed reads of folk art.
(E) is unsupported. The "context" here is not a literal setting.
Hope that helps.
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