Information and IdeasEasy–MediumSupporting a claim about a playwright's revisions
Information and Ideas practice question
Drama historians argue that the playwright Efua Obi revised by subtraction, trimming language relentlessly because she trusted audiences to infer what was unsaid. Her rehearsal notebooks support this view: ____
Which quotation from the work most effectively illustrates the claim?
- A. "Cut the speech to its bones," she wrote in the margin, "the audience will supply the rest."Correct
- B. "The theater was cold again during Tuesday's rehearsal."
- C. "Costumes for the second act arrived water-stained."
- D. "The leading man has asked for a larger dressing room."
Answer: A. "Cut the speech to its bones," she wrote in the margin, "the audience will supply the rest."
The claim is that Obi trimmed language relentlessly and trusted audiences; her margin note commands cutting and says the audience will fill the gap.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "The theater was cold again during Tuesday's rehearsal."
- A cold theater is production trivia, not evidence about revision habits.
- C. "Costumes for the second act arrived water-stained."
- Stained costumes show nothing about how she revised dialogue.
- D. "The leading man has asked for a larger dressing room."
- A dressing-room request is unrelated to her editing of the script.
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