Commend and Evidence – SET 2 Welcome to your Commend and Evidence - SET 2 1. A museum curator is writing a biographical statement about Trinidadian-born Chinese dancer, choreographer, and teacher Dai Ailian for a new exhibit on Chinese dance. The curator claims that some of the pieces Dai created shortly after arriving in mainland China in 1941, such as the solo dance Yao Drum, reflect a desire to represent the dances of local communities Dai visited during her travels through China. Which quotation from a work by a dance historian would be the most effective evidence for the curator to include in support of this claim? “There is no sound or music accompanying Dai’s movements in Yao Drum, aside from the sounds of drumsticks beating against a drum and against each other.” “Yao Drum is notable for its intense physicality, with Dai performing sharp jumps, swift turns, and dramatic sweeps of her legs through the air as she moves in circles on the stage.” “Yao Drum was inspired by a ceremonial dance Dai witnessed during her time performing field research among the Yao people in the province of Guizhou in 1941 or 1942.” “Unlike some of the works Dai created in the early 1940s, Yao Drum does not feature a narrative structure, humorous elements, or references to real-life events.” None 2. The Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has over 90,000 works of art. Digital images of thousands of those works have been put online through the museum’s website and the Google Arts & Culture project. One of the images is of Mississippi Delta, a drawing by Siah Armajani. In a paper, a student claims that putting a work from the museum online increases the number of people who experience that work. Which finding, if true, would most directly support the underlined claim? Each year, more people access the online image of Mississippi Delta than visit the Minneapolis Institute of Art in person. Mississippi Delta has been praised by some art critics. The Minneapolis Institute of Art has several works by Siah Armajani Many people who have been to Minneapolis say that the Minneapolis Institute of Art is worth visiting None 3. “We Are Marching” is a 1921 poem by Carrie Law Morgan Figgs. In the poem, the speaker predicts future success: ______blank Which quotation from “We Are Marching” most effectively illustrates the claim? “You who are out just get in line.” “We shall never know defeat.” “Can’t you hear the sound of feet?” “We have answered duty’s call.” None 4. Scientists have long believed that giraffes are mostly silent and communicate only visually with one another. But biologist Angela Stöger and her team analyzed hundreds of hours of recordings of giraffes in three European zoos and found that giraffes make a very low-pitched humming sound. The researchers claim that the giraffes use these sounds to communicate when it’s not possible for them to signal one another visually. Which finding, if true, would most directly support Stöger and her team’s claim? Wild giraffes have never been recorded making humming sounds. Giraffes have an excellent sense of vision and can see in color Researchers observed other animals in European zoos humming. The giraffes only produced the humming sounds at night when they couldn’t see one another None 5. Many scientists have believed that giraffes are solitary creatures, preferring to spend their time alone instead of with others. But observations of giraffes and their behavior in recent years has suggested that these animals may be more social than we once thought. For example, scientists Zoe Muller and Stephen Harris claim that giraffes may even help each other care for one another’s newborns. Which finding, if true, would most directly support Muller and Harris’s conclusion? Some female giraffes have been observed sniffing and licking their newborn offspring. Confrontations between a younger and an older male giraffe are frequently observed. Female giraffes have been observed feeding young giraffes that aren’t their direct offspring. Giraffes are able to make sounds but are rarely observed communicating with others. None 6. “To You” is an 1856 poem by Walt Whitman. In the poem, Whitman suggests that readers, whom he addresses directly, have not fully understood themselves, writing, ______blank Which quotation from “To You” most effectively illustrates the claim? “I should have made my way straight to you long ago, / I should have blabb’d nothing but you, I should have chanted nothing / but you.” “You have not known what you are, you have slumber’d upon yourself / all your life, / Your eyelids have been the same as closed most of the time.” “These immense meadows, these interminable rivers, you are immense / and interminable as they.” “I will leave all and come and make the hymns of you, / None has understood you, but I understand you.” None Time's up Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or username to comment Enter your email address to comment Enter your website URL (optional) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
