For her 2021 art installation Anthem, Wu Tsang joined forces with singer and composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland to produce a piece...
GMAT Craft and Structure : (Structure) Questions
For her 2021 art installation Anthem, Wu Tsang joined forces with singer and composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland to produce a piece that critics found truly ______: they praised Tsang for creatively transforming a museum rotunda into a dynamic exhibit by projecting filmed images of Glenn-Copeland onto a massive 84-foot curtain and filling the space with the sounds of his and other voices singing.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
restrained
inventive
inexplicable
mystifying
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Create Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
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| "For her 2021 art installation Anthem, Wu Tsang joined forces with singer and composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland to produce a piece that critics found truly" |
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| [MISSING WORD] |
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| ": they praised Tsang for creatively transforming a museum rotunda into a dynamic exhibit by projecting filmed images of Glenn-Copeland onto a massive 84-foot curtain and filling the space with the sounds of his and other voices singing." |
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Provide Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: Critics responded positively to Wu Tsang's art installation "Anthem," praising her creative approach to transforming the museum space.
Argument Flow: The passage introduces the collaborative art piece, establishes that critics had a strong positive reaction to it, then explains that this reaction was based on Tsang's creative and dynamic transformation of the museum rotunda using visual projections and layered sound.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
This is a fill-in-the-blank question asking us to choose the best logical connector. The answer must create the right relationship between what comes before and after the blank.
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- The blank comes right before a colon, which introduces an explanation
- The critics found the piece "truly [blank]," and then we learn they "praised Tsang for creatively transforming" the space
- The missing word needs to align with praise for creativity and transformation
- The word should be positive since it's followed by praise, and it should relate to the innovative, creative nature of the work described
restrained
- "Restrained" means controlled or limited
- This contradicts the expansive, dynamic description that follows and doesn't align with praise for "creative transformation"
inventive
- "Inventive" means creative and original
- Perfectly matches the critics praising her for "creatively transforming" the space and aligns with the innovative techniques described
inexplicable
- "Inexplicable" means impossible to explain
- The passage immediately explains exactly what the critics praised, making it very explicable
mystifying
- "Mystifying" means confusing or puzzling
- Doesn't match the tone of praise that follows