501 Critical Reading Questions

a.
specific : general
b.
argument : support
c.
fiction : nonfiction
d.
first : second
e.
cause : effect
501
Critical Reading Questions

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332.
Which of the following sentences from Passage 2 could most
effectively be added to Passage 1?
a.
In fact, the two most popular American musical forms—rock and roll
and jazz—owe their genesis in large part (some would argue
entirely) to the blues.
(lines 7–9)
b.
A fundamental principle of the blues, however, is that the music be
cathartic
. (line 15–16)
c.
Thus “the blues” is something of a misnomer, for the music is moving
but not melancholy; it is, in fact, music born of hope, not despair
.
(lines 17–19)
d.
It was at this time that Son House, Willie Brown, and Robert John-
son played, while the next decade saw the emergence of the blues
greats Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Johnny Lee Hooker
. (lines
33–36)
e.
After rock and roll exploded on the music scene in the 1950s, many
rock artists began covering blues songs, thus bringing the blues to a
young white audience and giving it true national and international
exposure
. (lines 37–40)
Questions 333–342 are based on the following passage.