Part 2: Summarizing an Author’s Viewpoint in an Informational Text
Question 12 • CA-English Language Arts 12 B – 1744
Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave.”So The Great Wave, far from being the quintessence of Japan, is a hybrid work, a fusion of European materials and conventions with a Japanese sensibility. No wonder this image has been so loved in Europe: it is an exotic relative, not a complete stranger.It also, I think, shows a peculiarly Japanese ambivalence. As a viewer, you have no place to stand, no footing. You too must be in a boat, under the Great Wave, and in danger. The dangerous sea over which European things and ideas travelled has, however, been drawn with a profound ambiguity.
Answer
A
The Great Wave was created using European techniques.
B
The Great Wave was created using Japanese materials.
C
The Great Wave represents feelings of contentment in Japanese culture.
D
The Great Wave represents feelings of ambivalence in Japanese culture.
Explanation
The excerpt says that The Great Wave “shows a peculiarly Japanese ambivalence,” which directly supports the idea that it represents feelings of ambivalence in Japanese culture. It also describes the image as a fusion of European materials and conventions with a Japanese sensibility, not as a work created using only European techniques or Japanese materials.
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