Information and IdeasHardAttitude conveyed in a literary excerpt
Information and Ideas practice question
The following text is from a novel.
Ruth had long since stopped correcting people who called her a photographer. She took photographs, yes, thousands of them, but only so that she could paint from them later, in the studio, with the light exactly as she wanted it.
Based on the text, which statement about Ruth is most accurate?
- A. She treats photography as a means to her painting rather than as her art.Correct
- B. She has given up painting in favour of photography.
- C. She is angry at people who call her a photographer.
- D. She prefers to paint outdoors in natural light.
Answer: A. She treats photography as a means to her painting rather than as her art.
'Only so that she could paint from them later' makes the photographs a tool; the painting is the work.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. She has given up painting in favour of photography.
- She paints from the photographs; painting is what she does.
- C. She is angry at people who call her a photographer.
- She has 'stopped correcting' people — resignation, not anger.
- D. She prefers to paint outdoors in natural light.
- She paints in the studio with light 'exactly as she wanted it', not outdoors.
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