5. According to the passage, which of the following is a true statement about the first and second parts of Wuthering Heights?
A The second part has received more attention from critics.
B The second part has little relation to the first part.
C The second part annuls the force of the first part.
D The second part provides less substantiation for a romantic reading.
E The second part is better because it is more realistic.
6. Which of the following inferences about Henry James’s awareness of novelistic construction is best supported by the passage?
A James, more than any other novelist, was aware of the difficulties of novelistic construction.
B James was very aware of the details of novelistic construction.
C James’s awareness of novelistic construction derived from his reading of Brontë.
D James’s awareness of novelistic construction has led most commentators to see unity in his individual novels.
E James’s awareness of novelistic construction precluded him from violating the unity of his novels.
7. The author of the passage would be most likely to agree that an interpretation of a novel should
A not try to unite heterogeneous elements in the novel
B not be inflexible in its treatment of the elements in the novel
C not argue that the complex use of narrators or of time shifts indicates a sophisticated structure
D concentrate on those recalcitrant elements of the novel that are outside the novel’s main structure
E primarily consider those elements of novelistic construction of which the author of the novel was aware
Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply.
8. The author of the passage suggests which of the following about Hamlet?
A Hamlet has usually attracted critical interpretations that tend to stiffen into theses.
B Hamlet has elements that are not amenable to an all-encompassing critical interpretation.
C Hamlet is less open to an all-encompassing critical interpretation than is Wuthering Heights.