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According to the passage, the “explanation” depends on which of the following being true?
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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Many self-taught artists start creating later in life; Thornton Dial's singularity lay in the nature of his production. Instead of recording memories or Bible stories, he tackled ambitious subjects that were often political: women's roles; the Vietnam War; and the travails and progress of African Americans, for which he often chose a tiger figure to symbolize himself or African Americans generally challenging the world. Moreover, where most self-taught artists gravitate to some form of relatively tidy representation, however idiosyncratic, Dial's style from the beginning was expressionist and even abstract. Although he had never visited an art museum, Dial's gestural boldness, large scale, heavily encrusted surfaces, and disdain for prettiness gave his work a look that was more downtown than down-home and very much aligned with the 1980s contemporary-art scene.
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According to the passage, Dial was similar to other self-taught artists in which of the following ways?
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In the context in which it appears, "recording" most nearly means
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Treasure hunters as well as archaeologists seek out remains of ancient settlements in central Asia. When treasure hunters find a site, they generally destroy much valuable archaeological information in the process of removing artifacts that they can sell Guarding the area where unexcavated sites might be found is impossible. Therefore, there is no way to preserve the archaeological value of unexcavated sites unless they can be found and excavated quickly.
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Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument?
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Which of the following best describes the general rule referred to in the last sentence of the passage?
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It can be inferred that Friedman would probably agree with which of the following statements about the programs referred to in the highlighted portion of the passage?
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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The author of the passage suggests that critics' complaints about the structure of Dust Tracks are
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Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?
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The author mentions "satellites of giant planets" in order to
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The author implies that the fact that the Moon and Earth “have different compositions"
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At roughly four thousand lines, the second quarto version of Hamlet -- the closest surviving version to what Shakespeare first wrote in late 1599 could not have been performed uncut. Though the Elizabethan stage dispensed with time-consuming intermissions and scenery changes, this version would still have taken four hours to perform; even at top speed, actors couldn't rattle off much more than a thousand lines of verse an hour. With outdoor performances beginning at two in the afternoon and the sun setting at around five o'clock, an uncut Hamlet staged in late fall or winter would have left actors stumbling about on a dark stage. Contemporary references to other plays mention their running time as being closer to two hours.
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The highlighted portion（even at top speed - an hour） of the passage serves primarily to
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