Craft and StructureVery hardTwo views on a novelist's revisions
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The revised edition is a betrayal of the novel readers loved; the author has cut the ending that made it famous.
Text 2
The famous ending was imposed by the publisher in 1962, over the author's objections, which survive in her letters. The revised edition restores the ending she wrote; the betrayal, if there was one, happened sixty years ago.
Which choice best describes how Text 2 responds to Text 1?
- A. It reframes the revision as a restoration by pointing to evidence that the original ending was not the author's choice.Correct
- B. It agrees that the revision betrays readers.
- C. It denies that the ending was changed.
- D. It argues that the publisher's ending was better.
Answer: A. It reframes the revision as a restoration by pointing to evidence that the original ending was not the author's choice.
Not a cut but a restoration.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It agrees that the revision betrays readers.
- Text 2 defends the revision.
- C. It denies that the ending was changed.
- Text 2 accepts the change.
- D. It argues that the publisher's ending was better.
- Text 2 sides with the author.
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