vanjaninikhil wrote:
what escapes my understanding is - 1. how can a conception demand a dull and flat writing? 2. Suppose that it does, then, it would be to communicate something specific I believe. In that case, not fulfilling the demand won't be called an act of genius, it would rather be something negative. Then, B, E should be the answer.
Can someone please clarify on these 2 fronts?
This is my understanding of the sentence:
The word 'testimony' usually takes a positive connotation. Now, his original conception for the novel was dull and flat but he could not bring himself to write something that dull. That means, he wrote something which was not dull. On elimination, the only options that fit 'not dull' are options C and F.
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