PrepTest 121, Section 3, Question 11
The poet Louise Glück has said that she(457 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(8 more words not shown)
- AShe objects to(14 more words not shown)
- BShe recognizes that(9 more words not shown)
- CShe claims to(8 more words not shown)
- DShe claims to(5 more words not shown)
- EShe claims to(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've heard several claims about Glück, and several objections from her critics. This question asks which statement about her was actually made. We'll check the speaker and the wording rather than treat any familiar-sounding phrase as support.
Working the answers
- A
The critics object to confronting the tradition's history with its own forms. Glück embraces those forms; the objection isn't attributed to her.
- B
It is her critics who find the idea of the universal suspect. Glück defends shared human subjects as part of her reason for valuing the tradition.
- C
The male poets named are examples of her literary family. They don't establish that she accepts only men. Her claim of belonging is based on the language, not a male-only membership rule.
- D
Not deliberately striving for a female voice doesn't mean claiming a gender-neutral perspective. Glück explicitly allows gender differences to emerge in the writing without conscious effort.
- ECorrect
The second paragraph says that in her youth she could sense major poetic themes before she had lived through them herself. E restates that account of her early response to poetry.
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