saby1410 wrote:
GMATGuruNYHow to approach could be true type questions. In this question though i was able to reach at correct answer but wasn't confident for option A and E.
could be true EXCEPT =
CANNOT be trueThe correct answer will directly contradict the passage and thus will constitute a statement that cannot be true.
According to the passage:
Readers from different eras have radically different systems of beliefs, and
a reader's system of beliefs yields a meaning that is a
unique result.
In other words:
If two people from different eras read the same poem, their different systems of beliefs will lead them to interpret the poem's meaning in different ways.
B.
A modern reader and a nineteenth-century reader interpret one of Shakespeare's sonnets in the same way.Since this option states that two people from different eras can interpret a poem in the same way, it directly contradicts the passage and thus cannot be true.
A.
A reader's interpretation of a poem by Dickinson is affected by someone else's interpretation of it.Since the passage says nothing about one reader affecting another, this option does not directly contradict the passage.
Eliminate A.
E:
A reader's enjoyment of a poem is enhanced by knowing the poet's interpretation of it.Since the passage says nothing about enjoyment, this option does not directly contradict the passage.
Eliminate E.
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