PrepTest 129, Section 4, Question 17
The following passages are adapted from critical essays(486 more words not shown)
Passage A(229 more words not shown)
Passage B(250 more words not shown)
It is most likely that(16 more words not shown)
- AMore than her(9 more words not shown)
- BCather's works were(8 more words not shown)
- CNarratology is the(7 more words not shown)
- DCather's technique of(12 more words not shown)
- ECather used impressionistic(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Both authors discuss Cather's indirect technique, but they don't make all the same claims. A develops the connection with Turgenev; B argues for a narrative-focused way of evaluating her. We need a claim with support from both discussions, not merely one that captures B particularly well.
Working the answers
- A
Neither discussion compares Cather's use of stream-of-consciousness narration with that of her contemporaries. That's a new technique and a new comparison.
- B
A doesn't discuss whether Cather intended her works to be novels or narratives. B's discussion of that distinction cannot supply agreement from both authors.
- C
B recommends that critical approach. A doesn't assess narratology, so we cannot attribute the recommendation to both.
- D
Neither author establishes that her technique had a marked influence on later novelists. Discussing how it works is different from tracing its effect on other writers.
- ECorrect
A explicitly describes an “impressionistic aesthetic” that fuses physical details with emotional reality. B describes her “impressionistic technique” and says its structures indirectly express conflicting desires. Both therefore connect her impressionistic writing with the psychology of her characters.
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