Task 2

What is the main topic of the passage?

• The life of Charles Willson Peale

• Portraiture in the eighteenth century

• The Peale Museum

• A family of artists

Look at the word He in the bold text below:

The Peales were a distinguished family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington.

Underline the word or phrase in the bold text that the word He refers to.

• Charles Willson Peale

• The Peales

• Franklin

• Jefferson

The author probably mentions that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting (paragraph 1) to indicate that

• Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike.

• Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work.

• Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale.

• the painting of the two brothers was extremely large.

Look at the word displays in the bold text below:

The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science, it featured paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. Peale found the animals himself and devised a method of taxidermy to make the exhibits more lifelike.

Choose the word or phrase in the bold text that has the same meaning as displays.

• settings

• exhibits

• lifelike

• taxidermy

For which of the following terms does the author give a definition in the second paragraph?

• Natural science

• Skeleton

• Taxidermy

• Mastodon

Which of the following questions about the Peale Museum does the passage NOT supply enough information to answer?

• Who found and prepared its animal exhibits?

• In what city was it located?

• Where did its most popular exhibit come from?

• In what year was it founded?

The word unearthed in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to

• displayed.

• dug up.

• located.

• looked over.

Look at the word rage in the bold text below:

His works show the same luminosity and attention to detail that the works of the Dutch masters show. In the late eighteenth century, however, still lifes were not the fashion. Portraiture was the rage, and so Raphaelle Peale found few buyers at that time.

Underline the word or phrase in the bold text that has the same meaning as rage.

• show

• detail

• fashion

• attention

According to the passage, Rembrandt Peale and his father both painted

• miniatures.

• portraits of George Washington.

• paintings of flowers, fruit, and cheese.

• pictures of animals.

Underline the sentence in paragraph3 in which the author compares the paintings of one of the Peale family with those of other artists.

• His works show the same luminosity and attention to detail that the works of the Dutch masters show.

• In the late eighteenth century, however, portraiture was the rage, and so Raphaelle Peale found few buyers for his still lifes at the time.

• Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists

• Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.