PrepTest 119, Section 1, Question 15
Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a(442 more words not shown)
Based on the passage, which(19 more words not shown)
- Aher willingness to(3 more words not shown)
- Bher imaginative development(2 more words not shown)
- Cher subtle use(3 more words not shown)
- Dher knowledge of(4 more words not shown)
- Eher objectivity in(4 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What does the writer praise? Come back to the main point: Kogawa uses form and symbolism to make Naomi's story a heroic transformation and a critique of the majority culture. The value lies in how she accomplishes those effects, not merely in choosing a political subject.
Working the answers
- A
Political criticism is only one effect of the novel, and this answer misses the literary means through which Kogawa achieves it.
- B
The discussion doesn't emphasize imaginative character development. It emphasizes what the novel's structure and symbolism accomplish with Naomi's experience.
- CCorrect
The opening credits Kogawa with subtle techniques, and the rest shows those techniques at work: form supports heroism, and symbols support social criticism. The ending returns to that successful combination.
- D
Knowledge of Christian rituals and symbols supplies material for the novel. What the writer values is Kogawa's use of that material, along with structure, to achieve her literary purposes.
- E
The writer doesn't praise detached objectivity. We aren't given that assessment of the portrayal of Naomi's tragic life.
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