PrepTest 109, Section 2, Question 13
The autobiographical narrative Incidents in the Life of(463 more words not shown)
With which one of the(13 more words not shown)
- ASome authors of(13 more words not shown)
- BThe slave narrative,(10 more words not shown)
- CAuthors who write(11 more words not shown)
- DAn autobiography, no(9 more words not shown)
- EAutobiographies should be(11 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
My first thought is that this might give us another version of the main point: Jacobs's story reveals the limits of the domestic novel. But an author-agreement question can also ask about a small detail. We should keep that prediction open and look for something the author actually commits to.
Working the answers
- A
The claim that genre conventions shortchanged Jacobs's experience comes from the critics. The author pushes back on that assessment and gives no other examples of writers whose experiences were overshadowed. We cannot turn a related criticism into the author's own claim.
- BCorrect
After mentioning the domestic novel and the slave narrative, the author considers how those two literary genres relate (paragraph 2). There is our support. This is a smaller point than we initially predicted, but the wording clearly treats both as literary genres.
- C
The author defends Jacobs's departures from the usual domestic story. There is no requirement that writers obey every convention of their genre.
- D
That sounds like plausible writing advice, but the author never says autobiographies should tell powerful stories.
- E
Historical accuracy is not discussed as a standard for judging autobiographies, much less as a replacement for literary merit.
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