Entry Exam Category: College Admission Exams
Course: Accuplacer
Exam: Accuplacer Reading Passage-Based Practice Test
Practice Question
Extract
In photography,' the scholar and curator Josh Kun writes, in his powerful introductory essay, 'double exposure typically refers to the photograph, not the photographer.' It occurs when the film is bared to light twice during a single shot, resulting in two exposures in a single image. The effect can be surreal, like a haunting. Taken as a whole, George Rodriguez's work offers a different kind of double exposure. In dividing his attention between two worlds that overlap but rarely intersect, he created one of the truest chronicles of Los Angeles there is.
In the passage, the author refers to the photography technique of double exposure primarily to:
Answer Choices
- A: Explain that Rodriguez frequently uses that technique to create eerie and distorted representations of city life
- B: Illustrate how Rodriguez's innovative use of double exposure inspired other photographers to do so as well
- C: Provide an example of how Rodriguez explored the tension between his identity as a photographer and as a scholar
- D: Set up a metaphor comparing that technique to the way Rodriguez's work depicts the duality of Los Angeles
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The reference to 'double exposure' in the beginning is a literal explanation of the photographic technique, but the author quickly pivots to a metaphorical use of the term to describe how Rodriguez's photography captures two overlapping but rarely intersecting worlds in Los Angeles. The 'double exposure' is used not to describe his method, but as a metaphor for the social and cultural duality his work reflects.