Question

Select the correct text in the passage.

Answer 1

Answer:

The two sentences that best show that the composer drew inspiration from literature are:

Bernstein's music was influenced by many pieces he had heard - and even read - before.

West Side Story was also influenced by the famous play Romeo and  Juliet, written in the late sixteenth century by William Shakespeare.

Explanation:

The excerpt makes it clear that music composer Leonard Bernstein was a very talented man, capable of writing different styles of music. His inspiration, however, did not come only from other music pieces. The passage makes it clear that literature was also an important source of inspiration for the composer. That is clearly stated in two sentences:

Bernstein's music was influenced by many pieces he had heard - and even read - before.

West Side Story was also influenced by the famous play Romeo and  Juliet, written in the late sixteenth century by William Shakespeare.

We are told that what he read was also influential on his work, and that a specific famous play, "Romeo and Juliet", inspired Bernstein's most famous work - the music for "West Side Story".

Answer 2

Answer:

West Side Story was also influenced by the famous play Romeo and Juliet, written in the late sixteenth century by William Shakespeare.

In West Side Story, two people in New York City fall in love but are kept apart because they are from different communities that are in conflict with one another.

Explanation:

only choices that refer to literature