Part 2: Summarizing an Author’s Viewpoint in an Informational Text
Question 20 • CA-English Language Arts 12 B – 1744
Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave.”But there are other ways of reading Hokusai’s Great Wave. Look a little closer and you see that the beautiful wave is about to engulf three boats with frightened fishermen, and Mount Fuji is so small that you, the spectator, share the feeling that the sailors in the boats must have as they look to shore – it’s unreachable, and you are lost. This is, I think, an image of instability and uncertainty. The Great Wave tells us about Japan’s state of mind as it stood on the threshold of the modern world, which the US was soon going to force it to join.
Answer
A
The author suggests that The Great Wave is a symbol of Japan as it entered into international trade.
B
The author describes the fishing boats and fishers included in the woodblock print.
C
Japan was an isolated nation until The Great Wave became popular.
D
Japanese art is the most expensive and beautiful in the world.
Explanation
The author interprets the wave, endangered boats, and distant Mount Fuji as an image of instability and uncertainty. The excerpt connects that feeling to Japan standing on the threshold of the modern world, which the United States would soon force it to join. So the best choice is that the print symbolizes Japan entering the international world; the excerpt does not claim that Japan was isolated until the print became popular.
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