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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10965)
The correct answer choice is (D)
This question concerns the similarity between the early actos of the Teatro Campesino and the carpas. Considering the organization of the passage, the relevant reference point would be the third paragraph, lines 45-54.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect, because the carpas had no roots in theater in the European tradition. This is only true of the actos (lines 56-60).
Answer choice (B): While Valdez did study at the San Francisco Mime Troupe, we are given no information as to what was studied by that troupe.
Answer choice (C): While actos was initially performed on farms (“at the fields’ edges” – line 31), the carpas were not: they were performed in tents (lines 48-49).
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. In lines 45-48, Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez describes the carpas as “informal, often satirical shows.” The author also describes the acto as a genre that satirizes the opposition and inspires social action (lines 36-37). Thus, we can infer that both genres often involved satire.
Answer choice (E): The actos were certainly part of union organizing drives; however, we have no way of knowing if the carpas were. Recall that the carpas flourished earlier in the twentieth century, before any of the unionizing efforts described in the passage took place.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10965)
The correct answer choice is (D)
This question concerns the similarity between the early actos of the Teatro Campesino and the carpas. Considering the organization of the passage, the relevant reference point would be the third paragraph, lines 45-54.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect, because the carpas had no roots in theater in the European tradition. This is only true of the actos (lines 56-60).
Answer choice (B): While Valdez did study at the San Francisco Mime Troupe, we are given no information as to what was studied by that troupe.
Answer choice (C): While actos was initially performed on farms (“at the fields’ edges” – line 31), the carpas were not: they were performed in tents (lines 48-49).
Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice. In lines 45-48, Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez describes the carpas as “informal, often satirical shows.” The author also describes the acto as a genre that satirizes the opposition and inspires social action (lines 36-37). Thus, we can infer that both genres often involved satire.
Answer choice (E): The actos were certainly part of union organizing drives; however, we have no way of knowing if the carpas were. Recall that the carpas flourished earlier in the twentieth century, before any of the unionizing efforts described in the passage took place.