PrepTest 132, Section 3, Question 5
The work of South African writer Ezekiel Mphahlele(453 more words not shown)
At the end of the(9 more words not shown)
- Ademonstrate Mphahlele's eloquence(3 more words not shown)
- Bprovide a common(5 more words not shown)
- Cfurther elaborate the(5 more words not shown)
- Dintroduce the three(8 more words not shown)
- Eshow that Mphahlele(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The closing quotation lets Mphahlele tell us what he values: social criticism. Whatever form the writing takes, he thinks it must communicate something socially important. So the quotation explains his view of worthwhile writing.
Working the answers
- A
The point isn't that he phrases this beautifully. We're using the content to understand what writing is for in his view.
- B
His standard for worthwhile writing doesn't establish a goal that novelists generally share. Other writers may not accept his standard.
- CCorrect
Saying work without social criticism doesn't count makes his priority unmistakable. The quotation develops the preceding explanation that he shapes experience to communicate important ideas.
- D
Naming prose, poetry, and drama doesn't tell us that he personally writes in all three forms. They illustrate the scope of his claim about writing.
- E
A common purpose doesn't erase differences between the forms. He can think prose, poetry, and drama should all communicate social criticism without thinking they are indistinguishable.
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