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03 Sep 2025, 10:25
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If impact on one’s contemporaries is the test of (i) _________ , Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman cannot be said to be among the most significant postmodern novels, as it went unpublished and unread for 27 years. The literary theorist Keith Hopper, though, appeals to standards other than peer (ii) _________ when he argues persuasively that The Third Policeman is among the most important of early postmodern works, not least because of its deep subversion of both enlightenment and modern traditions in literature.
Blank (i)
A. eminence
B. modishness
C. conversance
Blank (ii)
D. currency
E. influence
F. dissolution
Blank (i)
A. eminence
B. modishness
C. conversance
Blank (ii)
D. currency
E. influence
F. dissolution
21 Sep 2025, 11:19
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Borrowing another word from the sentence, the first word should be something like “significance.” The closest option is “eminence,” which suggests great importance. If Hopper argues that the book was among the most important in spite of the fact that it cannot have had an impact on O’Brien’s contemporaries, then he must appeal to some standard other than impact. “Influence” is the word most nearly synonymous with impact. Because “currency” echoes the concern about how widely read the book was, it might appeal, but this word does not fit the earlier clue; he “appeals to standards other than” the one mentioned earlier, “impact on one’s contemporaries.” Finally, “dissolution” (dissolving or ending something) is not a type of standard.
Answer: A,E
Borrowing another word from the sentence, the first word should be something like “significance.” The closest option is “eminence,” which suggests great importance. If Hopper argues that the book was among the most important in spite of the fact that it cannot have had an impact on O’Brien’s contemporaries, then he must appeal to some standard other than impact. “Influence” is the word most nearly synonymous with impact. Because “currency” echoes the concern about how widely read the book was, it might appeal, but this word does not fit the earlier clue; he “appeals to standards other than” the one mentioned earlier, “impact on one’s contemporaries.” Finally, “dissolution” (dissolving or ending something) is not a type of standard.
Answer: A,E
