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15 Sep 2020, 20:27
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Thomas Bowdler was, from all the evidence, an unlikely editor. He was born in 1754, near Bath, England, to a wealthy family. He studied medicine, but never really practiced, preferring to exercise philanthrophy and to play chess, at which he was a master. In his retirement, he decided to try his hand at editorial work. Shakespeare's dramas were his first project. He added nothing to the texts, but by cutting and paraphrasing strove to remove anything that "could give just offense to the religious and virtuous mind."
The preceding statements, if true, best support which of the following assertions?
(A) Bowdler, though untrained, proved to be a clever editor.
(B) Bowdler was less an editor than a critic and censor.
(C) Bowdler's work breathed new life into Shakespeare's dramas.
(D) Bowdler failed to make Shakespeare accessible to his peers.
(E) Bowdler was a better doctor than he was a man of letters.
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The preceding statements, if true, best support which of the following assertions?
(A) Bowdler, though untrained, proved to be a clever editor.
(B) Bowdler was less an editor than a critic and censor.
(C) Bowdler's work breathed new life into Shakespeare's dramas.
(D) Bowdler failed to make Shakespeare accessible to his peers.
(E) Bowdler was a better doctor than he was a man of letters.
(McGraw-Hill)
16 Sep 2020, 04:27
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Thomas Bowdler was, from all the evidence, an unlikely editor. He was born in 1754, near Bath, England, to a wealthy family. He studied medicine, but never really practiced, preferring to exercise philanthrophy and to play chess, at which he was a master. In his retirement, he decided to try his hand at editorial work. Shakespeare's dramas were his first project. He added nothing to the texts, but by cutting and paraphrasing strove to remove anything that "could give just offense to the religious and virtuous mind."
The preceding statements, if true, best support which of the following assertions?
(A) Bowdler, though untrained, proved to be a clever editor.
(B) Bowdler was less an editor than a critic and censor.
(C) Bowdler's work breathed new life into Shakespeare's dramas.
(D) Bowdler failed to make Shakespeare accessible to his peers.
(E) Bowdler was a better doctor than he was a man of letters.
clearly B is the answer
'cutting and paraphrasing strove to remove anything ' shows work like a censor
The preceding statements, if true, best support which of the following assertions?
(A) Bowdler, though untrained, proved to be a clever editor.
(B) Bowdler was less an editor than a critic and censor.
(C) Bowdler's work breathed new life into Shakespeare's dramas.
(D) Bowdler failed to make Shakespeare accessible to his peers.
(E) Bowdler was a better doctor than he was a man of letters.
clearly B is the answer
'cutting and paraphrasing strove to remove anything ' shows work like a censor
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
(b) Bowdler was indeed untrained, but the excerpt does not claim that his editing was clever (A). Nor was he a better doctor than he was a man of letters (E); the paragraph says he "never really practiced" medicine. His editing involved removing what might give offense; in other words, he was a critic and censor, making choice (B) correct.
(b) Bowdler was indeed untrained, but the excerpt does not claim that his editing was clever (A). Nor was he a better doctor than he was a man of letters (E); the paragraph says he "never really practiced" medicine. His editing involved removing what might give offense; in other words, he was a critic and censor, making choice (B) correct.
