Solved in 2.5 minutes, 2/2 correct. Here are my explanations for the 2 questions;
Q1.
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1.The author's main point is that
(A) next to parodies such as "The Dunciad" and "Anti-Pamela", novels of marriage were much more crucial to the development of the novel.
(B) it is a mistake to treat Haywood's polemical journalism as more than a historical curiosity.
(C) Haywood's novels are valuable in more ways than were thought by previous generations of scholars.
(D) 18th-century novels by women such as Haywood deserve more attention that novels by men, such as Richardson and Fielding, on women's topics.
(E) "amatory fiction" influenced many important novelists writing in the 19th century.
The passage talks about Eliza Haywood whose works were disregarded by historians, but on further introspection, the author's works were very actually very valuable and gave a lot of insights to domestic issues hinging on the role of women.
We can refer to the following lines from the passage to get a better idea,
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A closer examination of Haywood's novels indicates that disregarding her fiction in such a manner would be a mistake.
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In fact, as Paula Backscheider has shown, Haywood's substantial corpus had more of an impact on the British novel tradition than was previously suspected.
Hence, answer
option C is correct.
Q.2
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2. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A) offer sociohistorical explanations for the prevalence of female novelists in the 18th century
(B) examine how one novelist has been viewed by scholars throughout history
(C) show why an underrated novelist should be taken more seriously
(D) propose a new ranking of prose writers in the 18th century to reflect more modern literary preferences
(E) outline specific distinctions between well-known novelists that have long been considered equals
Going by POE,
(A) offer sociohistorical explanations for the prevalence of female novelists in the 18th century The passage talks about only one author and how her work was initially disregarded and later scholars realized the importance of her work. There is no sociohistorical explanation given for female novelists. Eliminate A.
(B) examine how one novelist has been viewed by scholars throughout history We are told how one novelist has been viewed by scholars throughout history but that is just one part of the passage and hence is only partially correct. Eliminate b.
(C) show why an underrated novelist should be taken more seriously Yes, we are given reasons as to why the author who was disregarded should be taken more seriously as her work represented perspective on domestic issues hinging on the role of women.
Hence
C is the correct answer.
(D) propose a new ranking of prose writers in the 18th century to reflect more modern literary preferencesNowhere in the passage has it been mentioned that a new ranking of prose writers in the 18th century should be done.
Eliminate D.
(E) outline specific distinctions between well-known novelists that have long been considered equalsNot mentioned anywhere in the passage, completely out of scope. Eliminate E.
Hence the correct answer is
C.