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Section 3
Practice Test Nine
(85) The reasons turned out to be ones that any future
art historian would be very unlikely to deduce.
The same image-for example, a fish painted
by aboriginal Australians-proves to have been
painted for different reasons on different occasions.
(90) Some fish paintings serve to mark a tribal territory,
others tell a story ("I caught this big fish"),
still others spring from the traces of shamans.
It shouldn't surprise us that the Cro-Magnons'
motives may have been equally diverse, given all
(95) the evidence for their modern mentality.
* spelunker: modern term for an amateur cave
explorer
13. In line 3, the author most likely mentions
body painting in order to suggest that
(A) the use of paint began earlier than is
commonly believed
(B) the earliest forms of art are probably lost
to our knowledge
( C) art served many different functions in
prehistoric society
(D) cave paintings were not the most common
form of prehistoric art
(E) prehistoric hunters used body art as a form
of hunting magic
14. According to the author, the Cro-Magnon cave
paintings "rivet our attention" (line 16) because
they
(A) provide insight into the origins of modern art
(B) raise questions about when the first art was
created
(C) stimulate curiosity about the people who
created them
(D) depict people and animals that we know
nothing about
(E) cast doubt on common assumptions about
our remote ancestors
15. In lines 23-28, the author suggests that Cro­
Magnon people painted in caves because caves
(A) accommodated even the largest paintings
(B) provided inspiring settings for their work
( C) sheltered the paintings from the elements
(D) offered the privacy that painters needed
(E) protected the paintings from human damage
16. The word "riot" in line 25 can best be taken
to mean
(A) profusion
(B) disorder
(C) brawl
(D) interaction
(E) violence
17. According to the author, the term "cavemen"
(line 33) evokes a misleading image of
Cro-Magnon people as
(A) less advanced than the Neanderthals
(B) more dependent on animals than is normally
assumed
( C) incapable of building their own dwellings
(D) more primitive than they actually were
(E) capable of great brutality toward animals
18. It can be inferred from lines 36-38 that more
Cro-Magnon artifacts have been found in caves
than elsewhere primarily because
(A) the majority of Cro-Magnon people lived
m caves
(B) artifacts in other locations are more likely to
have decayed
( C) trail signs led archeologists to many cave sites
(D) archeologists are more likely to study cave
sites
(E) Cro-Magnon people used caves as storehouses
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