Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practice Question 115: Answer and Explanation
Question: 115
Though today the familiar names of French Impressionism-Degas, Pissarro, Cézanne, Renoir, and Monet-are nearly synonymous with what we may inscrutably refer to as great art, in its own time the impressionist movement was often identified with artistic dissidence, the avant-garde, and painterly provocateurs. In its development, the impressionist style boldly challenged the entrenched principles of French painting, and ultimately transformed art for most of the Western world.
It can reasonably be inferred that the narrator's general attitude towards impressionism can best be characterized as
- A. warm appreciation.
- B. awestruck reverence.
- C. dispassionate objectivity.
- D. mild contempt.
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
(A) The narrator has an attitude of warm appreciation as evidenced especially by the second sentence of the text, in which the narrator describes impressionist art as "boldly" challenging the older principles of art, "transforming" it into something new. Choice (B) is too positive, choice (C) too neutral, and choice (D) too negative.
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