PrepTest 119, Section 1, Question 14
By Brandon Beaver | Published October 29, 2024
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Explanations
The question asks which answer choice reflects the author's beliefs regarding the actual society that shuns her main character, Naomi.
This one's pretty straightforward. The fourth paragraph begins, "Kogawa's use of motifs drawn from Christian rituals and symbols forms a subtle critique of the professed ethics of the majority culture that has shunned Naomi."
Professed ethics of a Christian society alludes to a self-righteous and hypocritical people shunning Naomi, so I'm looking for an answer choice that pokes at these folks for being hypocrites.
A
No chance. I see zero evidence that Kogawa believes this about the society that shuns Naomi.
B
No. Perhaps implicitly, but we get no direct evidence that this happens to Naomi.
C
Perfect. Yes. Kogawa clearly thinks these are Christians in-name-only, and that their actions don't measure up to their professed ethics.
D
Nah. Similar to B, where is the proof of this in the passage? You'd be stretching at minimum to pick this answer choice.
E
Nope. Like B and D, I have absolutely no way of knowing whether this society demanded loyalty to government over loyalty to family.
Passage
Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a Japanese-Canadian fam
Question 14
The passage suggests that Joy Kogawa believes which one of t