PT109.S2.P2.Q11

PrepTest 109 - Section 2 - Passage 2 - Question 11

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The autobiographical narrative Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself (1861), by Harriet A. ███████ █ █████ ██ ███████ ████████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ████ ███ ████ █████████ ██████████ ███ ███████████ █ ███████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████ ██████ ███████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ █ █████ ███ █ ██████ █████ ███ ███████ ██ █████ █████ ████████ ████ ████████ ███

Intro topic · Autobiography of Harriet A. Jacobs
Provides the perpective of a female slave
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Jacob's narrative approach · Genre of the domestic novel
Emphasized popular values (e.g., the importance of marriage, identity, home, and family)
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Jacobs' rationale · Appeal to free women, gain their sympathy, broaden their understanding
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Critics' perspective · Using genre conventions detracts from Jacobs' narrative
The conventions of the sentimental domestic novel overshadow the slave narrative in Jacobs' story
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Author's perspective · Jacobs' use of genre conventions provides greater perspective on slavery
Uses the genre to contrast the lives of free women and of slave women
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Illustrate contrast · between typical sentimental domestic narrative and Jacobs' version
Protagonist doesn't marry love interest, leaves family and child to pursue freedom
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Jacobs' perspective · Slave women's views and experiences are very different from those of free women
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Main point · Jacobs' narrative should be viewed as "antidomestic novel"
Uses conventions of domestic genre to subvert that same genre, highlights the need for a different perspective to understand the lives of slave women
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11.

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Most readers of ████████ █████████ ████ ██ ███ █████ █████████ █████████ ████ ██ ███ ██████ █ ████████ █████ ███ ████ ████ ███████████ ██ ███ ██ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ███████ ████████

This supports the critics’ claim that the domestic novel aspect of the narrative overshadowed the slave aspects of the book. (A) tells us that most readers thought it was merely a domestic novel and didn’t see it as anything else; this is evidence the domestic aspect of the book overshadowed other aspects.

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b

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If anything, this undermines the position by showing that the slave aspect of the book might not have been overshadowed by the domestic novel conventions.

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c

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This doesn’t strengthen, because it doesn’t provide any evidence that the slave aspect of the book was overshadowed by domestic novel conventions. (C) tells us that scholars think Jacobs’ narrative wouldn’t have been effective without the conventions of the domestic novel. If anything, this suggests that the domestic novel aspect of the book might have contributed to Jacobs’ message regarding slavery.

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d

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This doesn’t strengthen, because it doesn’t provide any evidence that the slave aspect of the book was overshadowed by domestic novel conventions. It doesn’t show that people overlooked the slavery aspect of the novel or paid more attention to the domestic novel aspects.

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e

Jacobs's goal in ████████ ███ █████████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███████ ███ ████ ██ ████ █ ████████ █████ ████ █████ ████ █████ ██████████ █████ ██ ████████

This doesn’t strengthen, because it doesn’t provide any evidence that the slave aspect of the book was overshadowed by domestic novel conventions. It doesn’t show that people overlooked the slavery aspect of the novel or paid more attention to the domestic novel aspects.

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