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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which critic most strongly connects the condition of art with the moral and economic condition of society?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• John Ruskin repeatedly relates artistic achievement to labour, morality and social organization.
• He argues that great art cannot be separated from the conditions under which people live and work.
• Pater and Wilde are more closely associated with aestheticism, though both also engage broader cultural questions.
• He argues that great art cannot be separated from the conditions under which people live and work.
• Pater and Wilde are more closely associated with aestheticism, though both also engage broader cultural questions.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
In The Stones of Venice, Ruskin's discussion of Gothic architecture especially praises:
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Explanation:
• Ruskin values Gothic architecture because it permits the worker's individuality, imagination and imperfection to remain visible.
• He contrasts this creative freedom with labour reduced to mechanical repetition.
• His argument joins aesthetic judgement with a critique of dehumanizing social and industrial conditions.
• He contrasts this creative freedom with labour reduced to mechanical repetition.
• His argument joins aesthetic judgement with a critique of dehumanizing social and industrial conditions.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which work by Ruskin is most directly associated with his defence of J. M. W. Turner and modern painting?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Modern Painters began as Ruskin's defence of J. M. W. Turner against hostile critics.
• The work developed into a wide-ranging inquiry into truth, beauty, imagination and landscape painting.
• Unto This Last concerns political economy, while The Renaissance was written by Walter Pater.
• The work developed into a wide-ranging inquiry into truth, beauty, imagination and landscape painting.
• Unto This Last concerns political economy, while The Renaissance was written by Walter Pater.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which statement best represents Ruskin's view of art and morality?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Ruskin resists the separation of aesthetic value from truth, morality and social life.
• He judges art partly by the quality of perception and character embodied in it.
• He also links the health of art to just and humane forms of labour and community.
• He judges art partly by the quality of perception and character embodied in it.
• He also links the health of art to just and humane forms of labour and community.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Who wrote Studies in the History of the Renaissance, later commonly titled The Renaissance?
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Explanation:
• Walter Pater published Studies in the History of the Renaissance in 1873.
• Later editions were commonly titled The Renaissance.
• The book became a foundational text of English aestheticism through its emphasis on individual response, beauty and intensity of experience.
• Later editions were commonly titled The Renaissance.
• The book became a foundational text of English aestheticism through its emphasis on individual response, beauty and intensity of experience.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Pater's aesthetic criticism places greatest emphasis on:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Pater asks the critic to identify the distinctive effect produced by a work of art.
• The critic should examine the nature and intensity of the personal impression rather than begin with abstract rules.
• This approach makes aesthetic experience and refined perception central to criticism.
• The critic should examine the nature and intensity of the personal impression rather than begin with abstract rules.
• This approach makes aesthetic experience and refined perception central to criticism.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which phrase best summarizes the ideal of experience in the Conclusion to Pater's The Renaissance?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Pater's famous image of burning with a hard, gemlike flame expresses concentrated and lucid intensity of experience.
• Because life is fleeting, the individual should remain fully responsive to art, thought and sensation.
• The phrase does not advocate careless indulgence but heightened discrimination and awareness.
• Because life is fleeting, the individual should remain fully responsive to art, thought and sensation.
• The phrase does not advocate careless indulgence but heightened discrimination and awareness.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Statement I: Pater treats aesthetic criticism as the classification of works according to a fixed moral code.
Statement II: Pater asks what effect a work produces upon the sensitive observer and why that effect is valuable.
Statement II: Pater asks what effect a work produces upon the sensitive observer and why that effect is valuable.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is incorrect because Pater does not begin with a fixed moral classification of artworks.
• Statement II is correct because his criticism investigates the special impression and aesthetic virtue of each work.
• The correct option is D because Pater's method is experiential, discriminating and impression-centred.
• Statement II is correct because his criticism investigates the special impression and aesthetic virtue of each work.
• The correct option is D because Pater's method is experiential, discriminating and impression-centred.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
According to Pater, the aim of the aesthetic critic is primarily to:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Pater asks the critic to identify the special quality or virtue through which a work affects the observer.
• The critic should discriminate among different forms of beauty rather than reduce them to one formula.
• His method emphasizes precise responsiveness instead of uniform judgement.
• The critic should discriminate among different forms of beauty rather than reduce them to one formula.
• His method emphasizes precise responsiveness instead of uniform judgement.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which critic is most closely associated with the claim that all art constantly aspires towards the condition of music?
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Explanation:
• Walter Pater states that all art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.
• Music appears to unite form and content so completely that they cannot easily be separated.
• The statement became a major formulation of aestheticist thought.
• Music appears to unite form and content so completely that they cannot easily be separated.
• The statement became a major formulation of aestheticist thought.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which work by Oscar Wilde presents a sustained defence of criticism as a creative art through dialogue?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Critic as Artist is written as a dialogue and argues that criticism can itself be an independent creative activity.
• Wilde challenges the assumption that criticism is merely secondary to artistic production.
• The work forms part of Intentions, published in 1891.
• Wilde challenges the assumption that criticism is merely secondary to artistic production.
• The work forms part of Intentions, published in 1891.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Who are the principal speakers in Wilde's The Critic as Artist?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Gilbert and Ernest conduct the dialogue in The Critic as Artist.
• Gilbert presents many of Wilde's provocative claims about criticism, interpretation and creativity.
• Cyril and Vivian appear in The Decay of Lying, while the other pairs belong to Wilde's fiction and drama.
• Gilbert presents many of Wilde's provocative claims about criticism, interpretation and creativity.
• Cyril and Vivian appear in The Decay of Lying, while the other pairs belong to Wilde's fiction and drama.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which Wildean dialogue advances the paradox that life imitates art far more than art imitates life?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Decay of Lying presents Wilde's anti-mimetic argument that life imitates art more than art imitates life.
• Art provides forms, attitudes and ways of seeing through which people interpret reality.
• The claim reverses conventional theories that treat art as a passive copy of nature.
• Art provides forms, attitudes and ways of seeing through which people interpret reality.
• The claim reverses conventional theories that treat art as a passive copy of nature.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
The phrase art for art's sake is most closely associated with which principle?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Art for art's sake asserts the autonomy of artistic value from compulsory moral, political or utilitarian service.
• Aestheticists such as Pater and Wilde resist judging art solely by external usefulness.
• The principle does not necessarily deny that art may have social effects; it rejects reducing art to direct instruction.
• Aestheticists such as Pater and Wilde resist judging art solely by external usefulness.
• The principle does not necessarily deny that art may have social effects; it rejects reducing art to direct instruction.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which statement from the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray best reflects Wilde's aesthetic position?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Wilde's statement that all art is quite useless rejects the demand that art prove its worth through practical utility.
• The paradox affirms artistic autonomy and the value of contemplative aesthetic experience.
• It does not mean that art lacks power, beauty or cultural influence.
• The paradox affirms artistic autonomy and the value of contemplative aesthetic experience.
• It does not mean that art lacks power, beauty or cultural influence.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Assertion: Wilde rejects the classification of books as moral or immoral.
Reason: He argues that books are either well written or badly written.
Reason: He argues that books are either well written or badly written.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Wilde resists judging books by a simple moral or immoral classification.
• The Reason is correct because he redirects judgement toward artistic quality by distinguishing well-written from badly written books.
• The Reason directly explains the Assertion, so option A is correct.
• The Reason is correct because he redirects judgement toward artistic quality by distinguishing well-written from badly written books.
• The Reason directly explains the Assertion, so option A is correct.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which statement best represents Wilde's view of criticism?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Wilde treats criticism as creative because the critic brings imagination, temperament and interpretation to the work.
• Critical writing can generate new meanings rather than simply recover an author's intention.
• This position elevates criticism from secondary commentary to an independent art.
• Critical writing can generate new meanings rather than simply recover an author's intention.
• This position elevates criticism from secondary commentary to an independent art.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Match List I with List II.
List I:
1. John Ruskin
2. Walter Pater
3. Oscar Wilde
4. The Critic as Artist
List II:
a. Criticism as creative interpretation
b. Art, labour and social morality
c. Intensity of aesthetic experience
d. Gilbert and Ernest
List I:
1. John Ruskin
2. Walter Pater
3. Oscar Wilde
4. The Critic as Artist
List II:
a. Criticism as creative interpretation
b. Art, labour and social morality
c. Intensity of aesthetic experience
d. Gilbert and Ernest
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• John Ruskin connects art with labour, truth, morality and social conditions.
• Walter Pater emphasizes refined perception and intensity of aesthetic experience.
• Oscar Wilde presents criticism as creative interpretation.
• The Critic as Artist is a dialogue between Gilbert and Ernest, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d.
• Walter Pater emphasizes refined perception and intensity of aesthetic experience.
• Oscar Wilde presents criticism as creative interpretation.
• The Critic as Artist is a dialogue between Gilbert and Ernest, so the correct code is 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which sequence gives the correct chronological order of publication?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The first volume of Ruskin's Modern Painters appeared in 1843.
• Pater's Studies in the History of the Renaissance appeared in 1873.
• Wilde's Intentions, containing major critical dialogues, appeared in 1891.
• The correct sequence is Modern Painters, Volume I → The Renaissance → Intentions.
• Pater's Studies in the History of the Renaissance appeared in 1873.
• Wilde's Intentions, containing major critical dialogues, appeared in 1891.
• The correct sequence is Modern Painters, Volume I → The Renaissance → Intentions.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Consider the following statements about aestheticism:
1. It emphasizes the independent value of beauty and artistic experience.
2. It resists reducing art to direct moral instruction.
3. It requires every artwork to serve immediate economic utility.
4. It gives importance to style, form and cultivated perception.
Which statements are correct?
1. It emphasizes the independent value of beauty and artistic experience.
2. It resists reducing art to direct moral instruction.
3. It requires every artwork to serve immediate economic utility.
4. It gives importance to style, form and cultivated perception.
Which statements are correct?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because aestheticism emphasizes beauty and the autonomy of aesthetic experience.
• Statement 2 is correct because it resists judging art only by direct moral usefulness.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because compulsory economic utility contradicts aesthetic autonomy.
• Statement 4 is correct because aestheticism values form, style and sensitive perception, so 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because it resists judging art only by direct moral usefulness.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because compulsory economic utility contradicts aesthetic autonomy.
• Statement 4 is correct because aestheticism values form, style and sensitive perception, so 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which contrast most accurately distinguishes Ruskin from Pater?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Ruskin evaluates art in relation to truth, labour, morality and social health.
• Pater focuses more strongly on the individual observer's refined impression and intensity of experience.
• The distinction is one of emphasis, since both critics remain concerned with culture and the education of perception.
• Pater focuses more strongly on the individual observer's refined impression and intensity of experience.
• The distinction is one of emphasis, since both critics remain concerned with culture and the education of perception.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Decay of Lying attacks literal realism and argues for the creative independence of art.
• Ruskin connects art with social and moral conditions.
• Pater's hard, gemlike flame represents intensity of experience, while Wilde is strongly associated with art for art's sake.
• Ruskin connects art with social and moral conditions.
• Pater's hard, gemlike flame represents intensity of experience, while Wilde is strongly associated with art for art's sake.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
A critic interprets a painting by using personal imagination to create meanings that the painter may never have consciously intended. Which Wildean idea most directly supports this practice?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Wilde argues that creative criticism need not be confined to reconstructing the artist's intention.
• The critic's own imagination and personality can transform the work into a source of new meanings.
• Interpretation thus becomes an autonomous creative performance.
• The critic's own imagination and personality can transform the work into a source of new meanings.
• Interpretation thus becomes an autonomous creative performance.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Assertion: Pater's pursuit of intense experience does not simply recommend uncontrolled indulgence.
Reason: His aesthetic ideal depends on disciplined perception, discrimination and concentrated awareness.
Reason: His aesthetic ideal depends on disciplined perception, discrimination and concentrated awareness.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Pater's ideal is frequently misunderstood as a call for indiscriminate pleasure.
• The Reason is correct because he values refined responsiveness, intellectual alertness and precise discrimination.
• The Reason directly explains why intensity in Pater is a disciplined aesthetic practice rather than careless indulgence.
• The Reason is correct because he values refined responsiveness, intellectual alertness and precise discrimination.
• The Reason directly explains why intensity in Pater is a disciplined aesthetic practice rather than careless indulgence.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best represents Ruskin, Pater and Wilde?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Ruskin connects artistic quality with truth, labour, morality and the condition of society.
• Pater emphasizes the distinctive impression of art and the cultivation of intense experience.
• Wilde uses paradox and dialogue to defend aesthetic autonomy and criticism as a creative art.
• Together they represent contrasting but interconnected strands of Victorian art criticism and aestheticism.
• Pater emphasizes the distinctive impression of art and the cultivation of intense experience.
• Wilde uses paradox and dialogue to defend aesthetic autonomy and criticism as a creative art.
• Together they represent contrasting but interconnected strands of Victorian art criticism and aestheticism.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: D. John Ruskin సమాధానం: D.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. The expressive freedom and individuality of the craftsman సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Modern Painters సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Artistic greatness is connected with truthfulness, moral vision and humane social conditions. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. Walter Pater సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: D. The recovery of the critic's precise impression of the work సమాధానం: D.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: B. Burn with a hard, gemlike flame సమాధానం: B.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Statement I is incorrect, but Statement II is correct సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: C. Define the virtue by which a work produces a distinctive impression సమాధానం: C.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Walter Pater సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. The Critic as Artist సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. Gilbert and Ernest సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: B. The Decay of Lying సమాధానం: B.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. Art has autonomous aesthetic value and need not justify itself through direct moral utility. సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: A. All art is quite useless. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. Criticism can transform its object through the critic's creative personality. సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: A. 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d సమాధానం: A.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. Modern Painters, Volume I → The Renaissance → Intentions సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. Ruskin connects art with society and morality, whereas Pater emphasizes the quality and intensity of individual aesthetic experience. సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: D. The Decay of Lying — defence of literal realism సమాధానం: D.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: D. Criticism is a creative art rather than mere recovery of authorial intention. సమాధానం: D.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: B. Ruskin links art to moral and social life, Pater emphasizes intensified aesthetic perception, and Wilde defends artistic and critical autonomy through paradox. సమాధానం: B.