Note: Aside from the tables and charts, most questions include four options (choices) and will have one correct answer. However, sometimes you will see four options and will be asked to select two correct answers, and sometimes you will see five options and will be asked to select three correct answers. In these cases, the question will state that you should select two or three answers . Example: What does the student need to do before he can use any rare books? Select 2 answers. Activity 1.3: Art History Lecture Listen to a lecture from the Listening section of the TOEFL iBT test and then answer the questions. Directions: • Prepare to take notes using a pen or pencil and paper to capture important details and main ideas. • Listen to the lecture and take notes . Scan the QR code to listen to the audio track . . • Answer the six questions by circling the letters to the best responses . Scan the QR code to listen to the audio track for question 6. • Check your answers using the answer key at the end of this section . • Read the script at the end of the section to review parts of the lecture you did not understand.
1 . What is the lecture mainly about? A. Why the Salon exhibitions became popular among women artists in Paris B. Why French society did not approve of art schools for women
C. How opportunities for women artists in Paris improved D. How women artists in Paris cooperated with one another
2. What point does the professor make about Julian when he mentions that Julian’s art school offered some classes only for women? A . Julian’s school was the first art school in Paris to offer women-only classes . B. Julian wanted to encourage the distinctive style of women in Paris.
C. Julian viewed himself as a social reformer. D. Julian possessed outstanding business skills.
3. What does the professor emphasize as one benefit of competition in women’s classes? A. Women gained more confidence in their artistic abilities. B. Women became instructors in private art studios. C. Women were able to sell their paintings for large amounts of money. D. Women created new styles of painting.
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