RC Drill Set 3, Question 3
While best known for her fiction, Edith Wharton(453 more words not shown)
The passage contains information that(6 more words not shown)
- AIn order to(10 more words not shown)
- BWharton saw expanded(11 more words not shown)
- CWharton likened society(12 more words not shown)
- DWharton concentrated on(11 more words not shown)
- EWharton preferred piecemeal(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This is open-ended, so I don't have one exact answer to predict. We know that Wharton remained a feminist, sought economic independence, and generally worked within artistic and social structures she thought had value. Each choice must be something that account supports—not simply a plausible explanation of her behavior.
Working the answers
- A
A different feminist approach isn't a sacrifice of feminist ideals. We aren't told that she compromised her beliefs to keep editors or readers happy.
- B
Her stated hope is economic self-sufficiency, not expanded political representation. This substitutes a different strategy for the one she advocates.
- C
The actual architects are accused of producing unlivable spaces. Even if we extend the house comparison to society, rebuilding everything from the ground up is the wrong response: Wharton values working within existing structures.
- D
Supporting herself through writing doesn't show that she chose short stories because they paid the most. No comparison of genres' earnings is given.
- ECorrect
“Experimentation” may not sound familiar at first, but the distinction is limited adjustment versus wholesale change. Wharton rejects abandoning traditional forms, yet recognizes that stories must have some influence over the forms they take (paragraph 3). She generally keeps the framework while allowing particular stories to modify it. That supports piecemeal rather than wholesale experimentation; we don't need the exact word to appear.
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