PrepTest 134, Section 4, Question 23
During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and(437 more words not shown)
In the context of the(14 more words not shown)
- Aproficiency at depicting(5 more words not shown)
- Beffectiveness at communicating(3 more words not shown)
- Cability to help(4 more words not shown)
- Dfacility for exploding(6 more words not shown)
- Ecapacity to advance(5 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Useful in what sense? For these critics, a novel should do more than entertain: exposing want and injustice should help change society. That's the meaning we're looking for, not every possible benefit of good writing.
Working the answers
- A
Depicting the fantastic belongs to Dostoyevsky's broader understanding of reality. It isn't what the radicals mean by social usefulness.
- B
Communicating the author's thoughts is his definition of artistry. A work can communicate clearly without advancing the social change the critics require.
- CCorrect
The opening connects usefulness to contributing to building a different social order (paragraph 1). Helping bring about social change states that purpose directly.
- D
Expanding beyond the tangible world describes Dostoyevsky's view of the writer's task, not the critics' usefulness requirement.
- E
Advancing a theory about literature is different from changing society. The critics want literature to serve a social purpose, not merely promote a literary theory.
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