Passage: author sandra cisneros was born in chicago, illinois. when she was growing up, her parents encouraged her to get a good education. her mother made sure that she and her brothers had access to educational material. her father always stressed the fact that it was important for them to study hard. she began writing poetry in high school. she went on to earn a master's degree in english in 1976. cisneros continued writing poetry and stories after she graduated from college. a book of her poetry titled bad boys was published in 1980. she published her most popular book, the house on mango street, in 1984. she based many of the stories in the house on mango street on her own experiences. since 1984, the house on mango street has sold more than two-million copies. cisneros currently lives in san antonio, texas.
which of the following best summarizes the passage?
a.
sandra cisneros was born in chicago, illinois. her parents encouraged her to get a good education. she has published some books. the house on mango street has sold a lot of copies. teachers like the book. she lives in san antonio, texas.
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sandra cisneros was told to get a good education as a young child. her mother and father both made sure she and her brothers studied hard and went to college. sandra published a popular book titled the house on mango street in 1984.
c.
sandra cisneros was born in chicago, illinois. her parents encouraged her to get a good education. she graduated college in 1976. she published the house on mango street in 1984. the house on mango street is a successful book.
d.
sandra cisneros was born in chicago, illinois. she published a book of poetry in 1984. her dad made her study hard for school. she wrote the house on mango street. the wonderful book is based on her own experiences growing up.
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perhaps donatello’s landmark work – and one of the greatest sculptural works of the early renaissance – was his bronze statue of david.  this work signals the return of the sculpture in the round figure, and because it was the first such work like this in over a thousand years, it is one of the most important works in the history of western art.

david is shown at a triumphal moment within the biblical storyline of his battle with the philistine, goliath.  according to the account, after david struck goliath with the stone from his slingshot, he cut off his head with goliath’s sword.  here, we see the aftermath of this event as david stands in a contemplative pose with one foot atop his enemy’s severed head.  david wears nothing but boots and a shepherd’s hat with laurel leaves on top of it, which may allude to his victory or to his role as a poet and musician.

before donatello’s work, david was typically depicted as a king, given his status in the old testament.  here, however, we have a stark change in the way david is depicted.  not only is he shown in the, but he’s also a youth.  in middle ages, nudity was not used in art except in certain moral contexts, such as the depiction of adam and eve, or the sending of souls off to the underworld.  in the classical world, was often used in a different, majestic context, such as with figures who were gods, heroes, or athletes.  here, donatello seems to be calling to mind the type of heroic nudity of antiquity, since david is depicted at triumphal point in the biblical narrative of his victory over goliath.

as for david’s youthfulness, donatello has gone back to the early life of the biblical david to depict him, rather than to his later life as a king.  it seems that donatello is trying to associate david’s youth with an innocent and virtuous life.  david looks young here – so young, in fact, that his muscles have barely developed enough to hold the large sword – that his victory over his foe is all the more improbable.  could david’s victory have been gained without divine intervention?   donatello’s work seems to imply that the answer is “no” – the victory was god’s rather than man’s.

in any case, donatello’s david is a classic work of renaissance sculpture, given its judaeo-christian subject matter modeled on a classical sculptural type.  it was revolutionary for its day – so much so that it did not get copied right away.  the idea of the life-sized sculpture-in-the-round evidently took some time to sink in and become an acceptable statue type