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Information and Ideas practice question
A critic claims that the novel's ending is deliberately ambiguous.
Which quotation from an interview with the author best supports the critic's claim?
- A. "I wanted readers to close the book unsure whether she had forgiven him; I am still not sure myself."Correct
- B. "The last chapter took me a year to write."
- C. "I set the ending in the town where I grew up."
- D. "My editor asked me to cut fifty pages."
Answer: A. "I wanted readers to close the book unsure whether she had forgiven him; I am still not sure myself."
The author intended the uncertainty.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "The last chapter took me a year to write."
- Effort, not ambiguity.
- C. "I set the ending in the town where I grew up."
- Setting.
- D. "My editor asked me to cut fifty pages."
- Editing.
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