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Pipilotti Rist is a Swedish video artist that has been producing work since the late 1980's.
a) no change
b) who
c) whom
d) whose
B
She stood before a pane of glass and proceeds to rub her face back and forth across it, streaking it with makeup.
a) no change
b) had stood
c) has stood
d) stands
d) stands
"proceeds" is in present tense, so "stands" must also be
I remember coming home after school to my Grandmother's house and to see a large stuffed owl suspended from twine and attached to the frame of the front door.
a) no change
b) I saw
c) I see
d) seeing
d) seeing
When I can't choose between 2 correct answers, I should...
Eliminate the wrong one
This is an example of what type of question?
What is the main point of the passage?
Big Picture
She studied video by the School of Design in Basel, Switzerland.
a) no change
b) for
c) at
d) with
C
a) no change
b) as
c) like
d) for
b)
The princess, together with the members of her retinue, are scheduled to attend the opening of ceremonies.
a) no change
b) together with the members of her retinue, were scheduled
c) along with the members of the retinue, are scheduled
d) together with the members of her retinue, is scheduled
d) together with the members of her retinue, is schedule
When beginning a reading passage section, I should first....
Read through the questions
The following is an example of what type of question?
What is the tone or style of the passage?
Author's Technique
Over the course of her career, Rist has exhibited in both group and solo shows across the globe. Her artwork focused on images of women and objects associated with women, such as flowers and makeup. Electric hues of pink and purple regularly color her films, while the individual images often appear to be softened.
a) no change
b) focuses on
c) focusing on
d) focuses into
B) focuses on
The rest of the paragraph is in present tense.
I am not the only one to believe this. The Zuni, a Native American tribe, of the Pueblo peoples believe that placing an owl feather in a babies crib guards they baby from evil spirits.
Triple points if you can fix both of these errors.
Zuni, a Native American tribe of the Pueblo peoples,
baby's
Dog experts describe the chihuahua as the smallest dog, and also the most truculent of them.
a) no change
b) the smallest and yet the most truculent of dogs.
c) the smallest dog at the same time it is the most truculent dog
d) not only the smallest dog, but also more truculent than any
b) the smallest and yet the most truculent of dogs.
After reading a section of a passage, I should...
Write a brief summary in the margin
The following is what type of question?
In line 34, the word (...) most nearly means...
Vocabulary in context
Unlike passive and uninterested television spectators, Rist's viewers actively choose to bring themselves into her art. Thus, to accommodate her audience, Rist routinely transforms the physical spaces of her installations into areas that viewers can comfortably inhabit.
a) no change
b) inhibit
c) habitat
d) exhibit
Jane Austen wrote novels and they depicted the courtships and eventual marriages of members of the middle classes.
a) no change
b) novels, being depictions of
c) novels, they depict
d) novels that depict
d) novels that depict
Painters of the Art Deco period took motifs from the art of Africa, South America, and the Far East as well as incorporating them with the sleek lines of modern industry.
a) as well as incorporating
b) they also incorporated
c) and incorporated
d) likewise they incorporated
c) and incorporated
When I come across a word I don't know in a passage I should...
circle it
The Following is what type of question?
The author of the passage uses the quotations in line 5 primarily as....
Function Question
Rist's 2011 exhibit at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, I Packed the Postcard in My Suitcase, demonstrates this idea. So, Rist projected her videos both onto the ceiling and onto arranged piles of fabric on the floor, Viewers could lie down and absorb the images, which drifted by like passing clouds.
a) no change
b) But,
c) Consequently,
d) There,
d) there,
Here, Rist records the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather than distantly ideological or academic. She makes art accessible to the viewer.
Which choice most effectively combines these sentences?
a) Here, although Rist records the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather than distantly ideological or academic, and makes art accessible to the viewer.
b) Here, Rist records the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather that distantly ideological or academic, making art accessible to the viewer.
c) Here, Rist records the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather than distantly ideological or academic in contrast to making art accessible to the viewer.
d) Here, Rist reords the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather than distantly ideological or academic, which makes art accessible to the viewer.
b) Here, Rist records the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather that distantly ideological or academic, making art accessible to the viewer.
Writing a review of opening night, the production was panned by the Chronicle's theater critic.
a) no change
b) Because he was writing a review of opening night, the production was panned by the Chronicle's theater critic.
c) Writing a review of opening night, the Chronicle's theater critic panned the production.
d) In a written review of opening night, the production by the Chronicle's theater critic was being panned.
c) Writing a review of opening night, the Chronicle's theater critic panned the production.
When I am not sure of something or disagree with the author, I should use "this" as a code sign
?
The following is what type of question?
Which of the following would best refute the author's assertion about....
Inference Question