Like the 1945 play it reimagines-Federico García Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba -Marcus Gardley’s 2014 play The House That

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Like the 1945 play it reimagines-Federico Garc&iacute;a Lorca&rsquo;s The House of Bernarda Alba -Marcus Gardley&rsquo;s 2014 play The House That Will Not Stand prominently features women. In both plays, the all-female cast ______ blank an array of female characters, including a strong mother and several daughters dealing with individual struggles. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Accepted Answer

Choice C is the best answer because it most logically completes the text&rsquo;s discussion of Gardley&rsquo;s play. In this context, &ldquo;comprises&rdquo; means constitutes or makes up the totality of, and the text indies that The House That Will Not Stand had an &ldquo;all-female cast&rdquo; that stands in some relationship to &ldquo;an array of female characters&rdquo; in the play. Because all cast members are female, the characters must be played by these female cast members; therefore the cast constitutes, or comprises, the collection of characters. Choice A is incorrect. In this context, &ldquo;engulfs&rdquo; would mean encloses or overwhelms, and although it is fairly common to describe an actor as embodying (or personifying realistically) a character, there is nothing in the text to suggest that the cast members enclosed or overwhelmed the characters they played. Choice B is incorrect because in this context, &ldquo;encourages&rdquo; would mean inspires with courage or hope. Although the text does mention &ldquo;a strong mother and several daughters dealing with individual struggles,&rdquo; which might suggest that there are moments of encouragement among the characters during the play, there is nothing to suggest that the cast members encouraged the characters they portrayed. Choice D is incorrect because, in this context, &ldquo;provokes&rdquo; would mean instigates or incites to anger. Nothing in the text addresses provoion or what it might mean for actors to provoke the characters they are playing.

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