Information and IdeasHardCentral idea of a literary text
Information and Ideas practice question
The following text is from a novel.
When the choir sang the anthem her father had written, Lise found she could not hear the music at all, only the places where he had changed his mind: the bar he had crossed out and rewritten, the note he had raised at the last rehearsal, the ending he had never been satisfied with and had left, in the end, as it was.
Which choice best states the central idea of the text?
- A. Lise experiences the anthem not as music but as a record of her father's decisions and doubts.Correct
- B. Lise dislikes the anthem.
- C. The choir sings the anthem badly.
- D. Lise wrote the anthem herself.
Answer: A. Lise experiences the anthem not as music but as a record of her father's decisions and doubts.
Not the music, but the crossings-out.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Lise dislikes the anthem.
- Not stated.
- C. The choir sings the anthem badly.
- Not stated.
- D. Lise wrote the anthem herself.
- Her father wrote it.
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