<p>"The Mozart Myths" looks at how scholars have revised their predecessors' findings, selecting material that might support their won pet theories, and depicting Mozart, variously, as a childish victim, a Romantic genius, and an Enlightenment rebel.</p>
<p>A) looks at
B) how
C) variously
D) as</p>
<p>Shouldn't (C) be the correct choice? I feel like stating "variously" is redundant and unneeded (hehe). The sentence explains immediately after that word about how he is variously depicted.</p>
<p>What is the actual correct choice?</p>
<p>(E): Sentence is already correct</p>
<p>Yeah, you make a good point. C probably is the answer. What’s the source?</p>
<p>I dunno, just found the question in a packet. Does anyone else know the meaning?</p>
<p>You should only work with questions from the college board</p>
<p>@shiron766 @CHD2013 I think college board is definitely the best to use, but I wouldn’t discourage anyone from using Barron’s/Princeton’s books if they run out of material. I used all 3 and I thought they all worked. I didn’t use the PR Math section so I can’t vouch for that, but I thought the Barron’s Math section definitely challenged me and forced me to pay attention to the details.</p>
<p>I think maybe it is no error, but it’s an awkward sentence, so I’m not sure what the authors think the right answer is. I would never write that a book “looks at how” scholars did something, but the problem is that it’s too casual, not that it’s wrong, exactly. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with how “variously” is used here.</p>
<p>The part of the sentence “as a childish victim, a Romantic genius, and an Enlightenment rebel” already depicts how Mozart is depicted, so isn’t his depiction already in several ways? </p>
<p>“Variously” clarifies that each theory belongs to a unique scholar. Without it, a reader might think that all the theories are held by scholars collectively.</p>
<p>Having pointed that out, I think “variously” might be unnecessary, since “pet theories” creates a context in which a reader should infer the “variously” idea.</p>
<p>I also would never write “looks at how,” though it’s not strictly wrong. Anyway, I would not like to see this sentence on a real test.</p>