Information and IdeasVery hardQuotation illustrating a claim about tone
Information and Ideas practice question
A critic argues that the memoirist writes about her own failures with a dry humour that refuses self-pity.
Which quotation from the memoir most effectively illustrates the critic's claim?
- A. "My first shop lasted eleven weeks, which, my accountant observed, was longer than the lease."Correct
- B. "My first shop failed, and I have never forgiven the town for letting it."
- C. "My first shop was a triumph from the day it opened."
- D. "Failure is a terrible thing, and I have known it too often."
Answer: A. "My first shop lasted eleven weeks, which, my accountant observed, was longer than the lease."
Eleven weeks, longer than the lease: the joke against herself.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "My first shop failed, and I have never forgiven the town for letting it."
- Grievance.
- C. "My first shop was a triumph from the day it opened."
- No failure.
- D. "Failure is a terrible thing, and I have known it too often."
- Self-pity.
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