PrepTest 134, Section 4, Question 26
During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and(437 more words not shown)
Given the information in the(20 more words not shown)
- AOnly works of(11 more words not shown)
- BOnly works of(14 more words not shown)
- CWorks of literature(13 more words not shown)
- DA work of(11 more words not shown)
- EA work of(11 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This is broad: what claim about literature can we support from Dostoyevsky's views? We know he values artistic merit, rejects a compulsory political purpose, and doubts that usefulness is easy to measure. I don't have a single exact prediction; each answer needs to fit what he actually says.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Paragraph 3 says that a work must achieve artistic success to accomplish its aims. He then explains artistry in terms of writing well. So if a work is to fulfill a political goal, it must first succeed as writing. That's a requirement for achieving such a goal, not a requirement that every work have one.
- B
This reverses the relationship. A political goal doesn't have to be present for a work to be well written. Dostoyevsky expressly rejects making that purpose compulsory.
- C
Nothing says all poorly written works attempt to serve politics. A work could simply be poorly written without any such ambition.
- D
He doesn't forbid well-written literature from serving a political view. Rejecting a compulsory purpose isn't the same as banning that purpose.
- E
Political purpose and good writing can coexist. His point is that the purpose doesn't replace the need for artistic quality.
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