Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question The Peales were a distinguished family of America artists. Charles Wilson is be

Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question
The Peales were a distinguished family of America artists. Charles Wilson 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. His life size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.
Charles Wilson Peale gave up painting in this middle age and devoted his life to the Peale, Museum which he founded in Philadelphia. The word’s first popular museum of art and natural science, it featured paintings by Peale 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. The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton of a mastodon -a huge, extinct elephant – which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.
Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists, Raphaelle Peale often painted still life of
flowers, fruit, and cheese. His works show the same luminosity arid 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 life at the time. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and
painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.
James Peale, the brother of Charles Wilson Peale, specialized in miniatures. His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.
56. The passage mainly discusses _________
A. The life of Charles Wilson Peale.
B. Portraiture in the 18th century.
C. The Peale Museum.
D. A family of artists.
57. The author probably mentioned that Washington ‘tipped his hat to the figures in the painting’ in paragraph 1 to indicate that _________
A. Charles Wilson Peale’s painting was very lifelike.
B. Washington respected Charles Wilson Peale’s work.
C. Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale.
D. the painting of the two brothers was extremely large.
58. The word ‘settings’ in paragraph 2 is CLOSET in meaning to _______.
A. environments
B. categories
C. positions
D. requirements
59. For which of the following terms does the aurthor give a definition in the second paragraph?
A. natural science
B. skelton
C. taxidermy
D. mastodon
60. Which of the following questions about the Peale Museum does the passage NOT supply enough
information to answer?
A. Who found and prepared its animal exhibits?
B. In what city was it located?
C. Where did its most popular exhibit come from?
D. In what year was it founded?
61. The word ‘unearthed’ in paragraph 2 is CLOSET in meaning to _______.
A. displayed
B. dug up
C. located
D. looked over
62. Which of the following words could be best replaced with the word ‘rage’ in paragraph 2?
A. fashion
B. anger
C. conflict
D. desire
63. According to the passage, Rembrandt Peale and his brother both painted_______.
A. miniature
B. portraits of George Washington
C. paintings of flowers, fruit, and cheese
D. pictures of animals
64. Which of the following words is NOT one of the children of Charles Wilson Peale?
A. Titan Peale
B. Rubens Peale
C. Raphaelle Peale
D. Sarah Miriam Peale
65. The author’s attitude toward the Peales is generally____.
A. envious
B. ironic
C. admiring
D. disappointing