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Craft and StructureHardTwo views on a novel and a diary

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The novel's unnamed narrator is the author herself; every event in the book matches her diaries. Text 2 The diaries match the novel because the author wrote them after the novel, over one summer, in a single new notebook. They are notes toward a sequel, not the record of a life.

How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?

  1. A. By arguing that the match shows the diaries drew on the novel, not the novel on the author's life.Correct
  2. B. By agreeing that the narrator is the author.
  3. C. By denying that the diaries and the novel match.
  4. D. By claiming the novel was never finished.

Answer: A. By arguing that the match shows the diaries drew on the novel, not the novel on the author's life.

The diaries came after.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By agreeing that the narrator is the author.
Text 2 undercuts that reading.
C. By denying that the diaries and the novel match.
Text 2 accepts the match and explains it.
D. By claiming the novel was never finished.
Not claimed.

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