READING PREDICTION TEST SIMULATION

Questions 10-19

                The next artist in this survey of American artists is James Whistler; he is included in this survey
          of American artists because he was born in the United States, although the majority of his artwork
          was completed in Europe. Whistler was born in Massachusetts in 1834, but nine years later his father
Line  moved the family to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work on the construction of a railroad. The family
(5)     returned to the United States in 1849. Two years later Whistler entered the U.S. military academy at
          West Point, but he was unable to graduate. At the age of twenty-one, Whistler went to Europe to study
          art despite familial objections, and he remained in Europe until his death.
         

                Whistler worked in various art forms, including etchings and lithographs. However, he is most
          famous for his paintings, particularly Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artist’s
(10)  Mother or Whistlers Mother, as it is more commonly known. This painting shows a side view of
          Whistler’s mother, dressed in black and posing against a gray wall. The asymmetrical nature of the
          portrait, with his mother seated off-center, is highly characteristic of Whistler’s work.

1. The paragraph preceding this passage most likely discusses

2. Which of the following best describes the information in the passage?

3. Whistler is considered an American artist because

4. The word “majority” in line 2 is closest in meaning to

5. It is implied in the passage that Whistler’s family was

6. The word “objections” in line 7 is closest in meaning to

7. In line 8, the “etchings” are

8. The word “asymmetrical” in line 1 1 is closest in meaning to

9. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

10. Where in the passage does the author mention the types of artwork that Whistler was involved in?