PrepTest 127, Section 4, Question 4
With his first published works in the 1950s,(432 more words not shown)
According to the passage, some(9 more words not shown)
- Ahis literary works(15 more words not shown)
- Bhis mixture of(15 more words not shown)
- Chis attempt to(18 more words not shown)
- Dhis writing borrows(13 more words not shown)
- Ehis unique works(11 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Go back to the opening complaint: some critics call the works retellings of local tales and object to the liberties taken with their details. Those are two parts of the criticism—he borrows the stories, then changes them in ways these critics dislike. We need their position, not the author's response to it.
Working the answers
- A
Their complaint isn't that his writing lacks connections to traditional stories. They object to his reuse and alteration of familiar material.
- B
No criticism of the effectiveness of his language mixture is reported.
- C
The critics complain about borrowed stories and altered details. They don't give this explanation about a harmful combination of storytelling style and novel format.
- DCorrect
Borrowing well-known plots matches “simple retellings of local tales,” and changing their details matches the “unwelcome liberties.” D captures both parts of the complaint.
- E
The claim that these aren't novels belongs to the author, not the critics being described. We're also never told that Tutuola himself labels his works novels.
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