Question

read the claim from dan delucas editorial \dylans nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry.\ are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes. which excerpt from the article provides evidence that supports this claim? \the swedish academy’s decision to honor dylan set off an online debate.\ \salman rushdie, a nobel candidate himself, called dylan ‘the brilliant inheritor of the bardic tradition.’\ \dylan is of course enormously influential.\ \the nobel is given for a body of work.\

Explanation:

The claim is that rock lyrics are poetry. We need to find an excerpt that supports this.

• The first option talks about a debate, not evidence for rock lyrics being poetry.
• The second option: Salman Rushdie, a Nobel candidate, calls Dylan "the brilliant inheritor of the bardic tradition". The bardic tradition is related to poetry, so this implies Dylan's (rock) lyrics are poetic, supporting the claim.
• The third option is about influence, not about being poetry.
• The fourth option is about the Nobel's criteria, not about rock lyrics as poetry.

Answer:

B. "Salman Rushdie, a Nobel candidate himself, called Dylan 'the brilliant inheritor of the bardic tradition.'"