<p>Jazz question was narrowed down to two:</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]Jazz education quality is hard to measure.
[</em>]Learning jazz is a strenuous activity.[/ul]</p>
<p>They definitely aren’t word for word, but I think that’s the basic gist of the two choices. I chose the second one.</p>
<p>edit: oops, thinking of the wrong question. what was the general agreement one again?</p>
<p>so the passage black girl in D.C. i guess?
there was long paragraph depicting sth
and question asked what’s the purpose of that paragraph</p>
<p>i said something about nature power</p>
<p>what did u guys have</p>
<p>The scholars would be frustrated because they believe they have understood the Grand Theory - they believe the use of the paintings is for understanding the past.</p>
<p>The scholars basically think they have it all figured out, but people still question the whole thing - making them frustrated.</p>
<p>Idk that was my thought process</p>
<p>@dvdhsu yeah i put Jazz is hard to measure or it comes in varied forms or something like that for the first question</p>
<p>@gsfan01
wasn’t the scholars opposed to the passage 2 author’s views?</p>
<p>@dvdhsu I think the first option was the value of jazz is difficult to assess, and the second option was like it’s a difficult process to learn.</p>
<p>@JBCHUN, I don’t think the general agreement was with a quote, right? If it was do you remember the quote? I remember there was some question that asked how the author of passage 1 would reply to the last sentence in passage 2. I thought that was the general agreement question; it said that the emotional impact of the art mattered more than the identity and I put agreement because the author of passage 1 constantly talked about all the graceful lines and beauty a lot and seemed very reverent of the works.</p>
<p>yeah the scholars opposed passage 2’s views
the scholars referenced in passage 2 believed that art is the way to study history (what passage 2 was arguing against)</p>
<p>gsfan01 - Yeah that’s how I thought about the frustrated/delighted question. My only concern was that maybe the historians understood the theory on a wide scope, but wouldn’t exactly be frustrated with the 1st author saying the theory isn’t clear since they haven’t explicitly interpreted the paintings. Still think it should be frustrated though.</p>
<p>@dvdhsu
i chose the second one too which basically said that it takes dedication to learn jazz
the thing that hinted the answer to me was probably the list of activities that one must go through (which basically went on from line 6 to the end)</p>
<p>@shathdra the jazz question
the value of jazz is difficult - is that the right answer?</p>
<p>Indeed the first passage did focus on the art’s beauty, but it also called the artists the “Michaelangelos” of their time. I think the Passage 2 quote more explicitly put down the assertion that the artists’ identities were anything more than inexperienced doodlers.</p>
<p>yeah, general agreement because at the end, author 2 conceded that ultimately it was the response that the art evoked that mattered. it was very clear, i’m almost positive it was general agreement.</p>
<p>@shathdra for the cave art
the passage 1 and passage 2 did not agree with each other
and passage 1 was concerned with learning about life from the “artists” of the paintings
which mean passage 1 WAS concerned about the identity of the author - resulting in mild skepticism</p>
<p>for jazz question
i had the choice with the word ‘demanding’ in</p>
<p>LIST:</p>
<p>Vocabulary</p>
<ul>
<li>Corrupt minister: Castigated/Misconduct</li>
<li>Sentimentality: Mawkishness</li>
<li>Business: Difficulty/Limitations</li>
<li>Boy, youthful energy etc: Obstreperous</li>
<li>Synthesize/Divergent</li>
<li>Imperturbable/Ruffled</li>
<li>Austerity/Curtail (vs. Profligacy/Truncate)</li>
<li>Meditation</li>
<li>Infectious</li>
<li>Succinct</li>
<li>Small/Functional (vs. Complex/Break)</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<p>Minipassages</p>
<p>Jazz Passage
1: Jazz education is hard to measure/Value of Jazz is difficult to assess vs. learning Jazz is a strenuous activity
2: Distinctive (vs. personal creativity)</p>
<p>Video Games passage (2 passages)
<p>Ocean Passage
<hr>
<p>Big passages</p>
<p>Whales Passage
<p>Time/space Passage
<p>Black Concert
<p>Cave Paintings Passage
<p>What were the “obstreperous” and “meditation”</p>
<p>Passage two definitely talked about how the art drawings were made by a bunch of teenagers. But in the end that passage made the statement so obviously he agrees with it. And for passage one, idk I felt mild skepticism, cautious acceptance, or general agreement could have worked but I chose general agreement just because I felt the author of passage 1 really discussed the impact of the art. It says ‘general’ agreement, so he doesn’t have to agree on every point.</p>
<p>@gsfan01 I really hope so lol because that’s the answer choice that I picked.</p>
<p>the question didn’t say the identity of the artist was important, it said the RESPONSE was, which author 1 implied throughout the whole thing and author 2 explicitly stated. </p>
<p>and i said hard work or whatever for the jazz one, i was between that and another one though.</p>
<p>Is everyone sure about the cherry blossoms being wild? Weren’t they describing her tears or something? I said undefined or something like that. I had wild, but changed it because I didn’t think tears would be called wild…</p>