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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #5575 War 2

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In many ways Britten's most ambitious effort is the War Requiem of 1961, a flawed but still impressive work for chorus, soloists, and orchestra. It weaves together the traditional Latin Mass for the Dead with antiwar poems by Wilfrid Owen, a young officer killed in World War I. The point of War Requiem is how the words of the liturgical text are reinterpreted and often rendered hollow by the realities of death in war. In this work we see Britten's prodigal inconsistencies on display. For all its problems, the War Requiem will probably survive as one of our time's most impassioned indictments of war and its heroic myth.

Which of the following most accurately summarizes the opinion of the author in the text?

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He finds the weaving together of the Latin Mass and antiwar poems to be quite effective. He is critical of Britten's inconsistencies as observed in the War Requiem. He admires the War Requiem of Britten but finds it far from perfect. He questions whether Britten's work will endure.

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Which of the following most accurately summarizes the opinion of the author in the text?

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Option 1: "He finds the weaving together of the Latin Mass and antiwar poems to be quite effective."

Option 2: "He is critical of Britten's inconsistencies as observed in the War Requiem."

Option 3: "He admires the War Requiem of Britten but finds it far from perfect."

Option 4: "He questions whether Britten's work will endure."