ACT Humanities pp. 76-77
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- Q1The main purpose of the passage is to:describe an artist's most famous painting and the experience that inspired itprovide an overview of an artist's career and important influences on that artist's workexplore the relationship between the natural world and the fine artsdescribe the work of artists who epitomized a peculiarly American nineteenth-century world60s
- Q2It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that which of the following scenes would most likely be the subject of a painting created by Homer late in his life?a farm nestled in the idyllic countrysidea family strolling along the boardwalk in Atlantic Citya fishing boat being violently pitched about on a stormy oceana tourist sipping coffee at a Parisian cafe60s
- Q3Based on the passage, the way Homer depicted shapes in his early work and the way he depicted them in his later work is best described as shifting fromweak to powerfuluplifting to melancholysharp to roundeddark to light60s
- Q4According to the passage, Homer felt fascination for the subjects that inspired him at Tynemouth for ashort time; Homer soon abandoned them for the genre subjects he'd been painting previouslyshort time; Homer found little commercial success painting those subjectslong time; Homer continued to be inspired y what he saw there for yearslong time; Homer regularly returned to Tynemouth to paint60s
- Q5According to the passage, the paintings that Tynemouth inspired Homer to create mainly featuredscenes of tourists and sun bathers enjoying the beachthe dynamic struggle between farmers and the powerful forces of naturethe soothing yet dramatic beauty of the North Sea and its rocky shorelinethe interplay between the sea nd the lives of fishermen and their families60s
- Q6The passage most strongly suggests that the main turning point in the development of Homer as an artists was hisdiscovery of subject matter that profoundly inspired himrejection of the belief that the world was stark and melancholysense of accomplishment at having paintings displayed at the Great Expositiondecision to spend winters in the Caribbean, where he was inspired by the sea60s
- Q7The author characterizes the immediate effect of experiences in Paris upon Homer's work asdramatic; Homer's work became bolder and clearersignificant; Homer abandoned the subjects he'd been painting before his time in Parissubtle; Homer continued to paint simple shapes and powerful designs but used more colorimperceptible; Homer's work didn't change until several years later60s
- Q8The main idea of the last paragraph is thatHomer's paintings of the sea evoke the grandeur of the human spirit in the natural worldHomer's paintings of the Maine coast exhibit the culmination of his artistic skillsviewing two of Homer's famous paintings of the sea had a lasting effect on the authorthe most effective way to depict water in a painting is to use graphic shapes and directional lines60s
- Q9The author speculates that Homer may have chosen to go to Tynemouth because hehoped to find the kinds of subjects he had depicted in some of his earlier popular paintingsneeded a break from the overcrowded Jersey coastexpected to be able to work better without the distractions he struggled with in Pariswanted to return to the place that had originally inspired him to be a painter60s
- Q10The passage states that in Prouts Neck, Homer could be irritable whenhe was interrupted while paintinghis paintings weren't selling wellstorms prevented him from painting outdoorsthe sea was too rough to go boating60s