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Complete Question Explanation
GR, Must Be True, Except. The correct answer choice is A.
The question asks the test-taker to identify the answer choice for which there is NOT evidence of Sembene's attitude in one or more of his films. This means there WILL be evidence in the passage of Sembene's attitude toward each of the issues raised in the 4 wrong answer choices. The most reliable (though somewhat time-consuming) method of proceeding is to find the passage evidence supporting each of the 4 wrong answer choices.
Answer Choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. The passage does not contain any discussion of "attempts to reform Senegalese government" in Sembene's films, thus there is no evidence for Sembene's attitude toward such attempts in the passage.
Answer Choice (B): Lines 12-15 of the passage state that "Sembène has found within African oral culture techniques and strategies that enable him to express his views and to reach both literate and nonliterate Senegalese viewers." Since the passage asserts that these traditional techniques of oral culture "enable him" to achieve what he wants with respect to modern issues, we can be reasonably certain that he has confidence in their "aptness" (i.e. their suitability).
Answer Choice (C): Lines 48-54 display Sembene's concern for social justice (see bold portions of quotation). "His films denounce social and political injustice, and his protagonists’ social consciousness emerges from an acute self-consciousness brought about by the juxtaposition of opposites within the films’ social context: good versus evil, powerlessness versus power, or poverty versus wealth."
Answer Choice (D): Sembene's interest in the vicissitudes, i.e. unwelcome changes in circumstances, of ordinary people's lives is evidenced in lines 27-32 of the passage (especially the bolded portion), "And in the oral tradition, these types face archetypal predicaments, as is true, for example, of the protagonist of Borom Sarret, who has no name and is recognizable instead by his trade—he is a street merchant—and by the difficulties he encounters but is unable to overcome."
Answer Choice (E): The most direct evidence of Sembene's desire to educate his audience is lines 5-8 of the passage, which states that "he asserts that his films are not meant to entertain his compatriots, but rather to raise their awareness of the past and present realities of their society."
GR, Must Be True, Except. The correct answer choice is A.
The question asks the test-taker to identify the answer choice for which there is NOT evidence of Sembene's attitude in one or more of his films. This means there WILL be evidence in the passage of Sembene's attitude toward each of the issues raised in the 4 wrong answer choices. The most reliable (though somewhat time-consuming) method of proceeding is to find the passage evidence supporting each of the 4 wrong answer choices.
Answer Choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. The passage does not contain any discussion of "attempts to reform Senegalese government" in Sembene's films, thus there is no evidence for Sembene's attitude toward such attempts in the passage.
Answer Choice (B): Lines 12-15 of the passage state that "Sembène has found within African oral culture techniques and strategies that enable him to express his views and to reach both literate and nonliterate Senegalese viewers." Since the passage asserts that these traditional techniques of oral culture "enable him" to achieve what he wants with respect to modern issues, we can be reasonably certain that he has confidence in their "aptness" (i.e. their suitability).
Answer Choice (C): Lines 48-54 display Sembene's concern for social justice (see bold portions of quotation). "His films denounce social and political injustice, and his protagonists’ social consciousness emerges from an acute self-consciousness brought about by the juxtaposition of opposites within the films’ social context: good versus evil, powerlessness versus power, or poverty versus wealth."
Answer Choice (D): Sembene's interest in the vicissitudes, i.e. unwelcome changes in circumstances, of ordinary people's lives is evidenced in lines 27-32 of the passage (especially the bolded portion), "And in the oral tradition, these types face archetypal predicaments, as is true, for example, of the protagonist of Borom Sarret, who has no name and is recognizable instead by his trade—he is a street merchant—and by the difficulties he encounters but is unable to overcome."
Answer Choice (E): The most direct evidence of Sembene's desire to educate his audience is lines 5-8 of the passage, which states that "he asserts that his films are not meant to entertain his compatriots, but rather to raise their awareness of the past and present realities of their society."