Correct Answer : B
Question 5
The author quotes Coleridge in order to
A.
refute the literary opinions of certain religious and political groups
B.
make a case for the inferiority of novels to poetry
C.
give an example of a writer who was not a literary reactionary
D.
illustrate the early nineteenth-century belief that fiction was especially appealing to young
readers
E.
indicate how widespread was the attack on novels in the early nineteenth century
Correct Answer : E
Question 6
The passage suggests that twentieth century Marxists would have admired Jane Austen's noels more
if the novels, a he Marxists understood them, had
A.
described the values of upper-middle class society
B.
avoided moral instruction and sermonizing
C.
depicted ordinary society in a more flattering light portrayed characters from more than one
class of society
D.
portrayed characters from more than one class of society
E.
anticipated some of controversial social problems of the twentieth century.
Correct Answer : D
Question 7
It can be inferred from the passage that Whately found Dickens character to be
A.
especially interest to you readers
B.
ordinary persons in recognizably human situations
C.
less liable than Jane Aujten's characters to have a realistic mixture of moral qualities
D.
more often villainous and week than virtuous and good
E.
less susceptible than Jane Austen's characters to the m oral judgments of sermonizing
narrator.
Correct Answer : C