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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Who wrote Heart of Darkness?
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Explanation:
• Joseph Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness.
• It was first serialized in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899 and later collected in book form in 1902.
• The narrative follows Charles Marlow's journey into the Congo in search of Kurtz.
• The work is central to debates about colonialism, narrative authority and modernist fiction.
• It was first serialized in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899 and later collected in book form in 1902.
• The narrative follows Charles Marlow's journey into the Congo in search of Kurtz.
• The work is central to debates about colonialism, narrative authority and modernist fiction.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
On which vessel does the frame narrator listen to Marlow's account in Heart of Darkness?
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Explanation:
• Marlow tells his story aboard the cruising yawl Nellie while it lies at anchor on the Thames.
• An unnamed frame narrator introduces Marlow and records the setting of the storytelling.
• This structure places the Congo narrative inside another narrator's account.
• The Patna belongs to Lord Jim, while the Judea appears in Conrad's Youth.
• An unnamed frame narrator introduces Marlow and records the setting of the storytelling.
• This structure places the Congo narrative inside another narrator's account.
• The Patna belongs to Lord Jim, while the Judea appears in Conrad's Youth.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Who narrates most of the events concerning Kurtz and the Congo in Heart of Darkness?
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Explanation:
• Charles Marlow narrates most of the Congo journey and his encounter with Kurtz.
• His account is delivered orally to listeners aboard the Nellie.
• Readers receive Kurtz and colonial Africa through Marlow's limited, interpretive perspective.
• The framing reminds readers that the story is mediated rather than presented as direct fact.
• His account is delivered orally to listeners aboard the Nellie.
• Readers receive Kurtz and colonial Africa through Marlow's limited, interpretive perspective.
• The framing reminds readers that the story is mediated rather than presented as direct fact.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which character in Heart of Darkness is an ivory agent whose reputation dominates the narrative before his full appearance?
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Explanation:
• Kurtz is the exceptionally successful ivory agent stationed in the interior.
• Other characters construct conflicting versions of him before Marlow reaches the Inner Station.
• His eloquence, ambition and violence embody the destructive contradictions of imperial ideology.
• His delayed appearance increases his symbolic and psychological importance.
• Other characters construct conflicting versions of him before Marlow reaches the Inner Station.
• His eloquence, ambition and violence embody the destructive contradictions of imperial ideology.
• His delayed appearance increases his symbolic and psychological importance.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
What is a principal effect of the framed narration in Heart of Darkness?
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Explanation:
• The unnamed narrator reports Marlow's spoken narrative, creating multiple levels of mediation.
• Marlow himself interprets incomplete evidence and often struggles to express what he experienced.
• The frame therefore complicates claims to objective truth and draws attention to storytelling.
• It does not eliminate uncertainty; it makes uncertainty a central feature of the work.
• Marlow himself interprets incomplete evidence and often struggles to express what he experienced.
• The frame therefore complicates claims to objective truth and draws attention to storytelling.
• It does not eliminate uncertainty; it makes uncertainty a central feature of the work.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Statement I: Marlow's narration is limited by memory, interpretation and incomplete knowledge. Statement II: Heart of Darkness gives readers direct and unmediated access to every character's thoughts. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Marlow reconstructs past events through memory and personal interpretation.
• He frequently acknowledges uncertainty and the difficulty of communicating his experience.
• Statement II is incorrect because the narrative does not provide omniscient access to every consciousness.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• He frequently acknowledges uncertainty and the difficulty of communicating his experience.
• Statement II is incorrect because the narrative does not provide omniscient access to every consciousness.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which interpretation best explains the significance of ivory in Heart of Darkness?
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Explanation:
• Ivory is the commodity around which the Company's activities are organized.
• The repeated demand for ivory reveals the commercial motives concealed by claims of civilization and progress.
• Kurtz's success is measured by the quantity of ivory he sends from the interior.
• The symbol links economic greed with violence, dehumanization and imperial exploitation.
• The repeated demand for ivory reveals the commercial motives concealed by claims of civilization and progress.
• Kurtz's success is measured by the quantity of ivory he sends from the interior.
• The symbol links economic greed with violence, dehumanization and imperial exploitation.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which is the correct chronological order of first publication?
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Explanation:
• Heart of Darkness was first serialized in 1899.
• Dubliners was published in 1914.
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man appeared in book form in 1916.
• Ulysses was published in 1922.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is Heart of Darkness, Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.
• Dubliners was published in 1914.
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man appeared in book form in 1916.
• Ulysses was published in 1922.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is Heart of Darkness, Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Heart of Darkness 2. Dubliners 3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 4. Ulysses. List II: a. Leopold Bloom b. Charles Marlow c. Gabriel Conroy d. Stephen Dedalus's artistic development.
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Explanation:
• Heart of Darkness matches Charles Marlow, its principal internal narrator.
• Dubliners matches Gabriel Conroy, the central figure in The Dead.
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man matches Stephen Dedalus's development toward artistic independence.
• Ulysses matches Leopold Bloom, whose movements through Dublin structure much of the novel.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a.
• Dubliners matches Gabriel Conroy, the central figure in The Dead.
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man matches Stephen Dedalus's development toward artistic independence.
• Ulysses matches Leopold Bloom, whose movements through Dublin structure much of the novel.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Assertion: Heart of Darkness invites readers to question the authority of Marlow's account. Reason: Joseph Conrad had personal experience as a sailor in the Congo. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Marlow's story is framed, retrospective and shaped by interpretive uncertainty.
• The Reason is also correct because Conrad served briefly in the Congo in 1890.
• However, Conrad's biography does not itself explain why Marlow's narrative authority is questioned within the text.
• Therefore, both are correct, but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
• The Reason is also correct because Conrad served briefly in the Congo in 1890.
• However, Conrad's biography does not itself explain why Marlow's narrative authority is questioned within the text.
• Therefore, both are correct, but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
How many stories are included in James Joyce's Dubliners?
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Explanation:
• Dubliners contains fifteen short stories.
• The collection moves broadly from childhood through adolescence and mature public life.
• The final and longest story is The Dead.
• Joyce uses ordinary Dublin experiences to examine paralysis, frustration, memory and moments of revelation.
• The collection moves broadly from childhood through adolescence and mature public life.
• The final and longest story is The Dead.
• Joyce uses ordinary Dublin experiences to examine paralysis, frustration, memory and moments of revelation.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which story concludes Dubliners?
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Explanation:
• The Dead is the final story in Dubliners.
• It centres on Gabriel Conroy and a gathering hosted by the Morkan sisters.
• Gretta's memory of Michael Furey unsettles Gabriel's assumptions about love and identity.
• The closing meditation on snow expands the story from private revelation to a wider vision of Ireland.
• It centres on Gabriel Conroy and a gathering hosted by the Morkan sisters.
• Gretta's memory of Michael Furey unsettles Gabriel's assumptions about love and identity.
• The closing meditation on snow expands the story from private revelation to a wider vision of Ireland.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
In Joyce's fiction, an epiphany is best understood as:
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Explanation:
• An epiphany is a sudden manifestation or moment of insight.
• Joyce often creates such moments through ordinary objects, gestures, memories or failures.
• The revelation may be painful and may not lead to practical change.
• Epiphany is especially important to the endings and turning points of stories in Dubliners.
• Joyce often creates such moments through ordinary objects, gestures, memories or failures.
• The revelation may be painful and may not lead to practical change.
• Epiphany is especially important to the endings and turning points of stories in Dubliners.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which character stands at a station but cannot leave Dublin with Frank in the story Eveline?
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Explanation:
• Eveline Hill plans to leave Dublin with Frank but becomes unable to act at the station.
• Her paralysis arises from fear, duty, memory and attachment to familiar suffering.
• The story turns a possible escape into an example of emotional and social immobility.
• This pattern reflects the wider theme of paralysis in Dubliners.
• Her paralysis arises from fear, duty, memory and attachment to familiar suffering.
• The story turns a possible escape into an example of emotional and social immobility.
• This pattern reflects the wider theme of paralysis in Dubliners.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is most accurately classified as a:
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Explanation:
• A Künstlerroman is a novel concerned with the development of an artist.
• Joyce traces Stephen Dedalus from childhood through religious crisis to artistic self-definition.
• The novel is also a bildungsroman because it represents intellectual and emotional growth.
• Its changing prose style reflects Stephen's developing consciousness.
• Joyce traces Stephen Dedalus from childhood through religious crisis to artistic self-definition.
• The novel is also a bildungsroman because it represents intellectual and emotional growth.
• Its changing prose style reflects Stephen's developing consciousness.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Who is the central protagonist of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
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Explanation:
• Stephen Dedalus is the protagonist of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
• His surname evokes Daedalus, the mythical craftsman who created wings for escape.
• Stephen struggles with family, religion, nationalism and language while seeking artistic freedom.
• He later appears as a major character in Ulysses.
• His surname evokes Daedalus, the mythical craftsman who created wings for escape.
• Stephen struggles with family, religion, nationalism and language while seeking artistic freedom.
• He later appears as a major character in Ulysses.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which technique attempts to represent the continuous flow of a character's perceptions, memories and associations?
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Explanation:
• Stream of consciousness seeks to represent the movement of thought and perception as it occurs.
• It may include memory, sensation, association, fragmented syntax and interior monologue.
• Joyce uses different forms of interior representation in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.
• The technique became a major feature of modernist narrative experimentation.
• It may include memory, sensation, association, fragmented syntax and interior monologue.
• Joyce uses different forms of interior representation in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.
• The technique became a major feature of modernist narrative experimentation.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
The principal action of Ulysses takes place on which date?
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Explanation:
• Ulysses is set chiefly on 16 June 1904.
• The date is now commemorated as Bloomsday.
• The novel follows Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and Molly Bloom through Dublin during this single day.
• The year 1922 is the year of the novel's first complete book publication, not the date of its action.
• The date is now commemorated as Bloomsday.
• The novel follows Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and Molly Bloom through Dublin during this single day.
• The year 1922 is the year of the novel's first complete book publication, not the date of its action.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Who is the principal wandering figure whose day in Dublin parallels aspects of Odysseus's journey in Ulysses?
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Explanation:
• Leopold Bloom is the principal wandering figure in Ulysses.
• His movements through Dublin correspond loosely to episodes in Homer's Odyssey.
• Stephen Dedalus is often associated with Telemachus, while Molly Bloom parallels Penelope.
• Joyce transforms epic wandering into the ordinary experiences of a modern city.
• His movements through Dublin correspond loosely to episodes in Homer's Odyssey.
• Stephen Dedalus is often associated with Telemachus, while Molly Bloom parallels Penelope.
• Joyce transforms epic wandering into the ordinary experiences of a modern city.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which statement best defines the mythic method in relation to Ulysses?
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Explanation:
• The mythic method places ordinary modern experience within a framework derived from ancient myth.
• Ulysses parallels characters and episodes from Homer's Odyssey without simply retelling the epic.
• The method creates patterns of order, contrast and irony within fragmented modern life.
• T. S. Eliot discussed this technique in his essay Ulysses, Order, and Myth.
• Ulysses parallels characters and episodes from Homer's Odyssey without simply retelling the epic.
• The method creates patterns of order, contrast and irony within fragmented modern life.
• T. S. Eliot discussed this technique in his essay Ulysses, Order, and Myth.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Gabriel Conroy is the central character of The Dead in Dubliners, not A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
• Molly Bloom is a major character in Ulysses.
• Eveline Hill appears in the Dubliners story Eveline.
• Kurtz is the ivory agent sought by Marlow in Heart of Darkness.
• Therefore, Gabriel Conroy — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the incorrectly matched pair.
• Molly Bloom is a major character in Ulysses.
• Eveline Hill appears in the Dubliners story Eveline.
• Kurtz is the ivory agent sought by Marlow in Heart of Darkness.
• Therefore, Gabriel Conroy — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the incorrectly matched pair.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
A narrative moves rapidly among a character's sensations, fragments of memory, half-formed thoughts and verbal associations without orderly external explanation. Which modernist technique is most directly being used?
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Explanation:
• Stream of consciousness represents the inward movement of thought rather than a neatly ordered external account.
• Sensations, memories and verbal associations may appear in abrupt or nonlinear sequences.
• Joyce adapts this technique differently for different characters and episodes.
• The method makes consciousness itself a major subject of modernist fiction.
• Sensations, memories and verbal associations may appear in abrupt or nonlinear sequences.
• Joyce adapts this technique differently for different characters and episodes.
• The method makes consciousness itself a major subject of modernist fiction.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Consider the following statements: 1. Dubliners repeatedly represents forms of personal and social paralysis. 2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man adjusts its style to Stephen's developing consciousness. 3. Ulysses confines itself to one uniform narrative style. 4. Heart of Darkness uses layers of narration that complicate claims to truth. Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because many Dubliners characters experience emotional, social or institutional paralysis.
• Statement 2 is correct because the prose of A Portrait develops with Stephen's language and perception.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Ulysses employs a wide variety of styles, voices and formal experiments.
• Statement 4 is correct because the frame narrator and Marlow mediate the Congo story.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because the prose of A Portrait develops with Stephen's language and perception.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Ulysses employs a wide variety of styles, voices and formal experiments.
• Statement 4 is correct because the frame narrator and Marlow mediate the Congo story.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 4 only are correct.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which comparison between Conrad and Joyce is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Conrad's Heart of Darkness uses framed testimony, temporal delay and interpretive uncertainty to examine imperial violence.
• Joyce develops epiphany, free indirect style, interior monologue and shifting narrative forms.
• Dublin and colonial Africa function differently, but both writers question stable perception and authoritative narration.
• Option D accurately distinguishes their dominant subjects and techniques.
• Joyce develops epiphany, free indirect style, interior monologue and shifting narrative forms.
• Dublin and colonial Africa function differently, but both writers question stable perception and authoritative narration.
• Option D accurately distinguishes their dominant subjects and techniques.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best explains the modernist importance of Conrad and Joyce?
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Explanation:
• Conrad complicates storytelling through frames, delayed revelation, symbolic density and the limits of Marlow's perspective.
• Joyce reshapes prose through epiphany, stylistic development, stream of consciousness and mythic parallels.
• Both writers make readers actively interpret gaps, contradictions and unstable viewpoints.
• Their formal experimentation helped define modernist fiction as an inquiry into consciousness, language and the conditions of representation.
• Joyce reshapes prose through epiphany, stylistic development, stream of consciousness and mythic parallels.
• Both writers make readers actively interpret gaps, contradictions and unstable viewpoints.
• Their formal experimentation helped define modernist fiction as an inquiry into consciousness, language and the conditions of representation.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. Joseph Conrad సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. The Nellie సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Charles Marlow సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Kurtz సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. It emphasizes mediation and the difficulty of establishing a single authoritative truth సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: B. It symbolizes the economic greed and exploitation driving colonial expansion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Heart of Darkness, Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Fifteen సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. The Dead సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. A sudden moment of insight or revelation arising from an ordinary experience సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. Eveline Hill సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Künstlerroman tracing the formation of an artist సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Stephen Dedalus సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Stream of consciousness సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. 2 February 1882 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. Leopold Bloom సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. The organization of modern experience through structural parallels with an ancient myth సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: B. Gabriel Conroy — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man సమాధానం: B.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. Stream of consciousness సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. Conrad foregrounds mediated testimony and imperial darkness, while Joyce experiments with consciousness, epiphany and urban form సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. Both transform narrative form by questioning transparent realism and making perception, language and mediation central to meaning సమాధానం: A.