Question

For Fiddler on the Roof, the scenic designer turned to this Russian Jewish painter for inspiration

a. Marc Chagall
b. Damon Runyon
c. Pablo Picasso
d. Salvador Dali

Answer 1

Your answer would be that the appositive phrase is punctuated correctly in sentence B.

Step-by-step explanation:

An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. In this case, the noun "Salvador Dali" renames the noun "painter". This is an essential appositive as it provides information which is considered relevant to complete the meaning of the sentence. It specifies to the reader the painter that the sentence is referring to. If it was dropped, the meaning of the sentence would be altered. That is why it should not be offset with commas from the rest of the sentence (C).

Answer 2

For fiddler on the Roof, the scenic designer turned to this Russian Jewish painter for inspiration. a) Marc Chagall

Step-by-step explanation:

First of all, we have to explain that Jerome Robbins in collaboration with the creative writers took my inspiration a series of paintings by Marc Chagall. These paintings almost defined the name of the work. However, after too much debate they didn't go for their first option "Tevye", and instead, they decided to use that name for the protagonist. Furthermore, these paintings did influence the name but it wasn't a lent name, they took "the fiddler" from a Chagall painting and complemented it with "on the Roof". Also, they used these paintings to define the style of the original set design. The colors, the forms and even the shape of the lines were imported.