PrepTest 127, Section 4, Question 1
With his first published works in the 1950s,(432 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AAmos Tutuola is(20 more words not shown)
- BAmos Tutuola's literary(16 more words not shown)
- CAmos Tutuola is(19 more words not shown)
- DCritics are divided(14 more words not shown)
- EThe folktale is(15 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the main point: Tutuola should be understood as a folktale teller, so judging his work by expectations for novels misses what he's doing. We want that change in how we evaluate him, not just a true description of his style.
Working the answers
- A
The language blend and international recognition are real features of his work and reception. But listing them doesn't explain the central argument about which standards should be used to judge him.
- BCorrect
This captures the distinction we predicted. Familiar stories can be retold inventively, and the author argues that Tutuola should be evaluated within that tradition rather than as a novelist.
- C
Calling these works his novels contradicts the very classification the author argues for. Incorporating oral traditions isn't the problem with this answer; continuing to label the works novels is.
- D
The opening critics disagree over the quality of his work. The author challenges their assumption that the works are novels. D turns those different positions into a disagreement among critics over the genre itself.
- E
This shifts the focus toward the value of folktales as a genre. The central claim concerns the proper way to understand Tutuola's works, not a general defense of folktales' importance.
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