PrepTest 133, Section 4, Question 13
The literary development of Kate Chopin, author of(448 more words not shown)
The passage suggests that one(17 more words not shown)
- Aattempted to explore(4 more words not shown)
- Bdescribed the dream(4 more words not shown)
- Cemployed impressionism more(2 more words not shown)
- Drelied more on(5 more words not shown)
- Edisplayed greater unity(4 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
At first I looked for something Chopin rejected about the New Women, but the ending doesn't describe that kind of break. Both use impressionistic methods. Is the difference instead how fully she commits to them?
What we’re looking for
The last sentence says she embraced the approach “more fully.” Let's check for that difference in degree rather than a completely different goal.
Working the answers
- A
Exploring female consciousness is shared. The New Women sought to record previously unexplored aspects of it, and Chopin focused on her protagonist's mind.
- B
Dream episodes are attributed to the New Women. We aren't told that describing such a world distinguishes The Awakening from their work.
- CCorrect
The New Women experimented with impressionism; Chopin embraced it more fully. The sustained focus on the protagonist's mind across the novel's uneven sections supports this more consistent use. We don't have to infer the difference from the verbs alone—the explicit “more fully” matters.
- D
We aren't given a comparison showing that The Awakening relies more heavily on fantasy. The fantasy examples describe the New Women's innovations.
- E
The ending says the sections are unified less by style or content than by their focus on the protagonist's mind. It doesn't establish greater unity of style and content than the New Women's work.
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