PrepTest 109, Section 2, Question 9
The autobiographical narrative Incidents in the Life of(463 more words not shown)
According to the passage, Jacobs's(17 more words not shown)
- AJacobs's protagonist does(5 more words not shown)
- BJacobs's protagonist does(12 more words not shown)
- CJacobs's protagonist does(9 more words not shown)
- DJacobs's protagonist does(9 more words not shown)
- EJacobs's protagonist does(11 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
She escapes slavery, but where is the happy ending with her family? She has to leave most of them behind, including one of her children. That is how her story breaks with the conventional domestic novel: she wants its familiar ideals but cannot achieve them in the usual way.
Working the answers
- A
She does gain her freedom “by escaping to the north.” The sacrifice required to escape does not mean the escape fails.
- B
Wanting a family and being able to live with that family are different things. Jacobs prizes the same ideals as her readers; slavery prevents her from achieving them.
- C
Her master's jealousy forces her to send her lover away for his protection. That certainly counts as an obstacle to love.
- DCorrect
The second paragraph says she does not reach the ideal of a secure household together with her family (paragraph 2). A conventional domestic novel brings the lovers together after their difficulties. Jacobs's story leaves her separated from her lover and, later, much of her family.
- E
The first paragraph expressly says Jacobs faced the stigmas attached to being both a woman and an enslaved person. This denies something we were told.
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