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Novels

by neeti2711 » Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:55 am
A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer's Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americans - the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man.

(A) Black Americans - the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man

(B) Black Americans - including Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

(C) a Black American - including Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man

(D) a Black American - the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man

(E) a Black American - the others being Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
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by eki » Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:19 am
Hi Neeti,

Here is my analysis :

The list given is of three novels and not writers. That is a big clue to get wrong choices out.

A, C and D incorrect: Richard and Ralph (writers) not parallel with Jean Toomer's cane (the novel).

B : Q stem says "one of the three" , hence other two should be used to list down the other novels. Also A black American is preferred over black americans, since it talks about an individual novel,i.e. 1 novel at a time.

Hence , IMO it is E. Please let me know if it is correct.

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by ritind » Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:27 am
OA is E
Parallelism
since the original says "jean toomer's cane", the others should also have the form "X's Y", not "Y by X". Rules out A, C and D
"cane" is written by "Jean toomer" therefore it should be black american. This rules out option A and B

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