- Thu Apr 27, 2017 4:45 pm
#34410
Hi bli,
This was a tough question. Typically "tone" questions contain a range of attitudes (from negative to positive), but the answer choices here were all positive. You know the author is appreciating Eileen Grey, but why? What information does the author give you about Eileen Gray? Your method of eliminating answers is correct. If you don't see anything in the passage that is described in the answer choice, eliminate it. I checked your responses, and I agree with all the reasons why you eliminated the answer choices. Nice job.
As for answer choice (A), there are several parts in the passage that indicate that Eileen Gray was set apart from her contemporaries. Japanese lacquer methods were "then little known in Europe" (L11) and she eschewed the style of the Art Nouveau movement (L15).