PrepTest 121, Section 3, Question 6
The poet Louise Glück has said that she(457 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AIn response to(26 more words not shown)
- BAlthough critics have(32 more words not shown)
- CIn spite of(34 more words not shown)
- DIn opposition to(28 more words not shown)
- EAside from the(34 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted Glück's defense of her approach. My first emphasis was her resistance to being assigned a specifically female role, but the full account also explains what she writes about and how she thinks gender differences will appear.
What we’re looking for
Keep that fuller prediction in mind. An answer can repeat her criticism of the critics accurately and still leave out an important part of her position.
Working the answers
- A
This is true, which makes it tempting. But it gives only the objection to imposing another restriction. It leaves out her commitment to universal subjects and her view that gender differences will emerge without deliberate effort.
- B
Glück values universal themes; she doesn't require that poetry must concern itself with them. B also misses her explanation of how gender differences can appear naturally in that work.
- C
Sharing human subjects doesn't mean art's perspective is equally male and female. She allows differences in how women and men write; she doesn't claim an equal mixture in every perspective.
- DCorrect
This joins the relevant pieces: universal themes, opposition to a prescribed female voice, and gender differences emerging without conscious intention. “Unconsciously” restates the absence of deliberate intention, rather than adding a new psychological theory.
- E
The writer doesn't conclude that her response is unsatisfactory. E changes the account into a criticism of her failure to answer her opponents.
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