PrepTest 132, Section 3, Question 4
The work of South African writer Ezekiel Mphahlele(453 more words not shown)
According to the passage, critics(14 more words not shown)
- AIt should not(6 more words not shown)
- BIt should have(5 more words not shown)
- CIt does not(4 more words not shown)
- DIt intends to(4 more words not shown)
- EIt places too(4 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Keep the speakers straight. The author defends Mphahlele's purpose, but this question asks why critics dismiss The Wanderers. The second paragraph gives their objection: an autobiographical framework and real-world characters in a novel.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The text says critics dismiss it because it is “populated with real-world characters.” A expresses their objection to including those characters. We're identifying the critics' position, not endorsing it.
- B
Complaining that a novel is too autobiographical doesn't amount to a stated recommendation to publish it as an autobiography. The account gives the complaint, not that proposed fix.
- C
The author says the writing expresses his vision wonderfully. Critics' objection that he supplies no road map also differs from saying the vision itself isn't clear.
- D
Social criticism is his purpose, but controversial content isn't the stated reason for this dismissal. Familiar subject matter doesn't put this opinion in the critics' mouths.
- E
The fictional father-son relationship is part of Mphahlele's defense. We aren't told that critics think relationships receive too much attention.
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