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answer. Do not evaluate any sentences that are outside the paragraphs
under consideration.
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question need not fully describe all aspects of the sentence.
Reading Comprehension Sample Questions
Questions 1 to 3 are based on this passage.
Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach
that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born
1937) embraced the ethos of popular music in his compositions. Glass based two symphonies
on music by rock musicians
David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies' sound is
distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass's classical music, which
from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of
popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music.
His music is not a version
of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in
rock rather than the classics.
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