Georgia O'Keeffe

What is most likely the main message Didion is trying to get across on paragraph 2?

• Georgia O’Keeffe’s art is an expression of self and one that her daughter happily embraced.

• O’Keeffe betrays who she is as a woman when she paints.

• Understanding art’s message is a complicated matter.

• Choices reflect a person’s character.

Which of the following statements best summarizes why O’Keeffe painted “Cow’s Skull: Red, White and Blue?”

• O’Keeffe considered herself patriotic.

• O’Keeffe offered a different interpretation of what symbolized America.

• The cow’s head represented her love for New Mexico.

• O’Keeffe painted with vibrant colors.

What is most likely the main message Didion is trying to get across on paragraph 6?

• Georgia O’Keeffe represented many women of her generation.

• The artist had to constantly prove her womanhood to the critics.

• Georgia O’Keeffe’s upbringing caused her to fight.

• Georgia O’Keeffe was a woman who spoke through her art, regardless of the critics and her conventional childhood.

How mainly does the author’s description of O’Keeffe in paragraph 8 add to the essay’s themes?

• By establishing how her childhood prepared her for her life as an artist.

• By revealing examples of adversity O’Keeffe faced which served to impact her work.

• By presenting O’Keeffe as somewhat ignorant of the world around her.

• By illustrating how complicated it can be to be an artist.

Which of the following best identifies the central idea of the essay?

• O’Keeffe was a courageous artist who, in spite of criticism, should be celebrated for her strength and commitment to her style as an artist.

• Art imitates life.

• Life is what you make it.

• Critics will always misunderstand you.

Which phrase from the text best supports the correct answer to the previous question?

• “She told adults that she wanted to be an artist and was embarrassed when they asked what kind of artist she wanted to be: she had no idea “what kind.”

• “I can paint one of those dismal-colored paintings like the men.”

• “I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower you hung all your associations with flowers on my flower and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see—and I don’t.”

• “She had not before heard how the Impressionists did trees and she did not much care.”

The author’s intention in paragraph 8 is ________.

• to sum up O’Keeffe’s life.

• to share a story about the relationship between O’Keefe and her sister.

• to explain O’Keeffe’s artistic influences and how her work should be a celebrated record of those influences.

• to cite reasons for O’Keeffe’s move to the Northwest.

Which inference is most strongly supported by the answer to the previous question?

• Didion shares this essay to encourage other artists.

• Didion expresses her admiration for O’Keeffe and celebrates her style.

• Didion acknowledges the impact of nature in O’Keeffe’s work.

• Didion understands how difficult it is to be a female artist.

Which of the following expresses Didion’s purpose on paragraph 4?

• to entertain readers with examples of O’Keeffe’s continual insistence on doing the exact opposite of what her critics expected or wanted of her

• to inform readers about O’Keeffe’s response to male critics in neutral, unbiased terms

• to advance a point about O’Keeffe’s defiance, which is connected to the claim about her hardness

• none of the above