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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
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Explanation:
• F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby.
• The novel was published in 1925 during the period commonly known as the Jazz Age.
• It examines wealth, class, desire and the corruption of the American Dream.
• Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises, Faulkner wrote The Sound and the Fury and Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath.
• The novel was published in 1925 during the period commonly known as the Jazz Age.
• It examines wealth, class, desire and the corruption of the American Dream.
• Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises, Faulkner wrote The Sound and the Fury and Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Who narrates The Great Gatsby?
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Explanation:
• Nick Carraway narrates The Great Gatsby retrospectively.
• He is both an observer of Gatsby's world and a participant in its events.
• His admiration for Gatsby coexists with criticism of the wealthy society surrounding him.
• Nick's limited perspective requires readers to evaluate his judgements and reliability.
• He is both an observer of Gatsby's world and a participant in its events.
• His admiration for Gatsby coexists with criticism of the wealthy society surrounding him.
• Nick's limited perspective requires readers to evaluate his judgements and reliability.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
What does the green light across the bay chiefly symbolize in The Great Gatsby?
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Explanation:
• The green light is located at the end of Daisy Buchanan's dock.
• Gatsby associates it with Daisy and with the future he hopes to recover.
• Its distance represents the elusiveness of desire and the impossibility of completely recreating the past.
• The symbol eventually expands into a broader commentary on the American Dream.
• Gatsby associates it with Daisy and with the future he hopes to recover.
• Its distance represents the elusiveness of desire and the impossibility of completely recreating the past.
• The symbol eventually expands into a broader commentary on the American Dream.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
In which year was The Great Gatsby first published?
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Explanation:
• The Great Gatsby was published in 1925.
• Its setting reflects the wealth, consumerism and social transformation of the 1920s.
• The Sound and the Fury appeared in 1929.
• Fitzgerald's novel is now regarded as a major work of American modernism.
• Its setting reflects the wealth, consumerism and social transformation of the 1920s.
• The Sound and the Fury appeared in 1929.
• Fitzgerald's novel is now regarded as a major work of American modernism.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which statement best describes Fitzgerald's treatment of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby?
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Explanation:
• Gatsby acquires wealth in an attempt to regain Daisy and transform his identity.
• His success cannot erase his origins or overcome the established privilege represented by Tom and Daisy.
• The novel presents the American Dream as distorted by money, class inequality and illusion.
• Gatsby's failure reveals the difference between material achievement and genuine fulfilment.
• His success cannot erase his origins or overcome the established privilege represented by Tom and Daisy.
• The novel presents the American Dream as distorted by money, class inequality and illusion.
• Gatsby's failure reveals the difference between material achievement and genuine fulfilment.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Statement I: The valley of ashes represents the social and moral waste produced by wealth and industrial capitalism. Statement II: East Egg is chiefly associated with newly acquired wealth and social insecurity. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because the valley of ashes is a desolate industrial landscape associated with poverty and waste.
• Statement II is incorrect because East Egg represents established inherited wealth.
• West Egg, where Gatsby lives, is associated more closely with newly acquired wealth and social ambition.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because East Egg represents established inherited wealth.
• West Egg, where Gatsby lives, is associated more closely with newly acquired wealth and social ambition.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which American novelist is most closely associated with the Lost Generation?
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Explanation:
• Ernest Hemingway is one of the major writers associated with the Lost Generation.
• The term refers broadly to writers shaped by the disillusionment following the First World War.
• The Sun Also Rises portrays expatriates whose travel, drinking and relationships reflect emotional displacement.
• Gertrude Stein's phrase appears in an epigraph to the novel.
• The term refers broadly to writers shaped by the disillusionment following the First World War.
• The Sun Also Rises portrays expatriates whose travel, drinking and relationships reflect emotional displacement.
• Gertrude Stein's phrase appears in an epigraph to the novel.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Jake Barnes is the narrator of which Hemingway novel?
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Explanation:
• Jake Barnes narrates The Sun Also Rises.
• He is an American journalist living among expatriates in postwar Europe.
• His war injury complicates his relationship with Lady Brett Ashley.
• The novel was published in 1926 and became a defining representation of the Lost Generation.
• He is an American journalist living among expatriates in postwar Europe.
• His war injury complicates his relationship with Lady Brett Ashley.
• The novel was published in 1926 and became a defining representation of the Lost Generation.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which principle is associated with Hemingway's iceberg theory?
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Explanation:
• Hemingway's iceberg theory holds that a writer may omit information while allowing its emotional weight to remain perceptible.
• The visible narrative surface is supported by deeper meanings that are not directly explained.
• His spare dialogue and restrained description often require readers to infer trauma, desire and conflict.
• The method is closely related to modernist compression and narrative understatement.
• The visible narrative surface is supported by deeper meanings that are not directly explained.
• His spare dialogue and restrained description often require readers to infer trauma, desire and conflict.
• The method is closely related to modernist compression and narrative understatement.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Arrange the following works in chronological order of first publication: 1. The Great Gatsby 2. The Sun Also Rises 3. The Sound and the Fury 4. The Grapes of Wrath.
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Explanation:
• The Great Gatsby was published in 1925.
• The Sun Also Rises followed in 1926.
• The Sound and the Fury was published in 1929.
• The Grapes of Wrath appeared in 1939.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• The Sun Also Rises followed in 1926.
• The Sound and the Fury was published in 1929.
• The Grapes of Wrath appeared in 1939.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Who wrote The Sound and the Fury?
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Explanation:
• William Faulkner wrote The Sound and the Fury.
• The novel was published in 1929.
• It presents the decline of the Compson family through several contrasting narrative perspectives.
• Its fragmented chronology and stream-of-consciousness techniques make it a major work of American modernism.
• The novel was published in 1929.
• It presents the decline of the Compson family through several contrasting narrative perspectives.
• Its fragmented chronology and stream-of-consciousness techniques make it a major work of American modernism.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which family is central to The Sound and the Fury?
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Explanation:
• The Compson family is central to The Sound and the Fury.
• The novel examines the family's emotional, economic and moral decline.
• Benjy, Quentin and Jason Compson narrate the first three major sections.
• The final section uses third-person narration and gives particular attention to Dilsey.
• The novel examines the family's emotional, economic and moral decline.
• Benjy, Quentin and Jason Compson narrate the first three major sections.
• The final section uses third-person narration and gives particular attention to Dilsey.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which feature most clearly characterizes Benjy Compson's section of The Sound and the Fury?
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Explanation:
• Benjy's consciousness moves among different periods without conventional transitions.
• Sounds, smells and other sensations trigger shifts between past and present.
• His limited conceptual understanding makes chronology difficult to reconstruct.
• Faulkner uses this narrative experiment to make memory and perception central to the novel's form.
• Sounds, smells and other sensations trigger shifts between past and present.
• His limited conceptual understanding makes chronology difficult to reconstruct.
• Faulkner uses this narrative experiment to make memory and perception central to the novel's form.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. The Great Gatsby 2. The Sun Also Rises 3. The Sound and the Fury 4. The Grapes of Wrath. List II: a. Nick Carraway b. Jake Barnes c. Benjy Compson d. Tom Joad.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Great Gatsby matches Nick Carraway, its participant-observer narrator.
• The Sun Also Rises matches Jake Barnes, the expatriate journalist who narrates the novel.
• The Sound and the Fury matches Benjy Compson, narrator of its fragmented opening section.
• The Grapes of Wrath matches Tom Joad, who returns from prison and travels west with his family.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d.
• The Sun Also Rises matches Jake Barnes, the expatriate journalist who narrates the novel.
• The Sound and the Fury matches Benjy Compson, narrator of its fragmented opening section.
• The Grapes of Wrath matches Tom Joad, who returns from prison and travels west with his family.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Assertion: The fragmented structure of The Sound and the Fury requires readers to reconstruct events from partial perspectives. Reason: Each major narrator possesses different limitations, motives and relationships to the Compson family history. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the novel does not provide its family history in a single continuous account.
• The Reason is correct because Benjy, Quentin and Jason perceive events through sharply different mental and emotional frameworks.
• Their limitations and obsessions produce gaps and contradictions that readers must interpret.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because Benjy, Quentin and Jason perceive events through sharply different mental and emotional frameworks.
• Their limitations and obsessions produce gaps and contradictions that readers must interpret.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which description best defines Southern Gothic fiction?
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Explanation:
• Southern Gothic adapts Gothic conventions to the history and society of the American South.
• It frequently uses decaying families, damaged landscapes, grotesque figures and taboo subjects.
• The mode exposes racial violence, historical guilt, class conflict and failed social ideals.
• Faulkner's fiction is central to the development of this tradition.
• It frequently uses decaying families, damaged landscapes, grotesque figures and taboo subjects.
• The mode exposes racial violence, historical guilt, class conflict and failed social ideals.
• Faulkner's fiction is central to the development of this tradition.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
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Explanation:
• John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath.
• The novel was published in 1939.
• It follows the Joad family's migration from Oklahoma to California during the Great Depression.
• The work combines family narrative with social criticism of poverty, exploitation and displacement.
• The novel was published in 1939.
• It follows the Joad family's migration from Oklahoma to California during the Great Depression.
• The work combines family narrative with social criticism of poverty, exploitation and displacement.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which family undertakes the central westward migration in The Grapes of Wrath?
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Explanation:
• The Joad family travels from Oklahoma to California after losing its farm.
• The family hopes to find agricultural employment and economic security.
• Instead, its members encounter unemployment, low wages and hostility toward migrant workers.
• Their journey represents the wider displacement caused by the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.
• The family hopes to find agricultural employment and economic security.
• Instead, its members encounter unemployment, low wages and hostility toward migrant workers.
• Their journey represents the wider displacement caused by the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which structural technique is used prominently in The Grapes of Wrath?
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Explanation:
• Steinbeck alternates chapters about the Joad family with interchapters addressing wider social conditions.
• The interchapters describe migration, labour exploitation, machinery and collective suffering.
• This structure connects one family's experience with a national economic crisis.
• The method gives the novel both personal immediacy and epic social scope.
• The interchapters describe migration, labour exploitation, machinery and collective suffering.
• This structure connects one family's experience with a national economic crisis.
• The method gives the novel both personal immediacy and epic social scope.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which historical crisis most directly shapes the action of The Grapes of Wrath?
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Explanation:
• The Grapes of Wrath is shaped by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s.
• Tenant farmers are displaced by drought, debt and mechanized agriculture.
• California employers exploit the large supply of migrant labour by reducing wages.
• Steinbeck connects environmental disaster with structural economic inequality.
• Tenant farmers are displaced by drought, debt and mechanized agriculture.
• California employers exploit the large supply of migrant labour by reducing wages.
• Steinbeck connects environmental disaster with structural economic inequality.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• The Grapes of Wrath was written by John Steinbeck, not William Faulkner.
• Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby.
• Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises.
• Steinbeck also wrote Of Mice and Men.
• Therefore, William Faulkner — The Grapes of Wrath is the incorrectly matched pair.
• Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby.
• Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises.
• Steinbeck also wrote Of Mice and Men.
• Therefore, William Faulkner — The Grapes of Wrath is the incorrectly matched pair.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which comparison between Fitzgerald and Hemingway is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Fitzgerald uses recurring symbols such as the green light and the valley of ashes to examine desire and class.
• Hemingway employs spare language, understatement and omission to represent trauma and emotional uncertainty.
• Both writers portray disillusionment in modern American life, but their narrative styles differ significantly.
• Option A accurately distinguishes their dominant modernist methods.
• Hemingway employs spare language, understatement and omission to represent trauma and emotional uncertainty.
• Both writers portray disillusionment in modern American life, but their narrative styles differ significantly.
• Option A accurately distinguishes their dominant modernist methods.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Consider the following statements: 1. The Great Gatsby critiques a materialized version of the American Dream. 2. Hemingway is associated with the Lost Generation. 3. Faulkner experiments with nonlinear time and multiple perspectives. 4. Steinbeck's fiction avoids economic injustice and collective suffering. Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Gatsby's dream is corrupted by wealth, illusion and class hierarchy.
• Statement 2 is correct because Hemingway's expatriate characters represent postwar disillusionment associated with the Lost Generation.
• Statement 3 is correct because Faulkner uses fragmented chronology and contrasting narrators.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because Steinbeck directly examines poverty, labour exploitation and economic crisis.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because Hemingway's expatriate characters represent postwar disillusionment associated with the Lost Generation.
• Statement 3 is correct because Faulkner uses fragmented chronology and contrasting narrators.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because Steinbeck directly examines poverty, labour exploitation and economic crisis.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
A novel presents memories, sensory impressions and unfinished thoughts in a fragmented sequence that does not follow ordinary chronological order. Which technique is most directly being used?
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Explanation:
• Stream of consciousness represents the fluid and associative movement of the mind.
• Memories and present sensations may appear without conventional chronological transitions.
• Faulkner uses this technique extensively in The Sound and the Fury.
• The method shifts narrative emphasis from external sequence to subjective experience.
• Memories and present sensations may appear without conventional chronological transitions.
• Faulkner uses this technique extensively in The Sound and the Fury.
• The method shifts narrative emphasis from external sequence to subjective experience.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated critical statement best describes the modern American fiction represented in this topic?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Fitzgerald uses symbolism and retrospective narration to expose the failures of wealth and aspiration.
• Hemingway employs compression and omission to represent the emotional damage of the postwar generation.
• Faulkner fragments chronology and perspective to explore Southern history, memory and family decline.
• Steinbeck combines individual experience with collective economic suffering during the Great Depression.
• Option C therefore provides the most comprehensive account of modern American fiction.
• Hemingway employs compression and omission to represent the emotional damage of the postwar generation.
• Faulkner fragments chronology and perspective to explore Southern history, memory and family decline.
• Steinbeck combines individual experience with collective economic suffering during the Great Depression.
• Option C therefore provides the most comprehensive account of modern American fiction.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. F. Scott Fitzgerald సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Nick Carraway సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Gatsby's desire for Daisy and his unreachable dream సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. 1925 సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. Material success is shown to be unable to recover the past or guarantee fulfilment 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. Ernest Hemingway సమాధానం: B.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. The Sun Also Rises సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Much of a story's meaning should remain unstated beneath the visible surface సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: C. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: C.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: B. William Faulkner సమాధానం: B.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. The Compson family సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Nonlinear stream of consciousness shaped by immediate sensory associations సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: C. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d సమాధానం: C.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. Fiction using grotesque characters, violence and decaying Southern settings to expose social corruption సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. John Steinbeck సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. The Joads సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: B. Alternation between the Joad narrative and broader interchapters సమాధానం: B.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. The Great Depression and Dust Bowl displacement సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: C. William Faulkner — The Grapes of Wrath సమాధానం: C.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. Fitzgerald often uses lyrical symbolism to critique wealth and aspiration, while Hemingway uses restraint and omission to represent postwar disillusionment సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: B. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: B.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. Stream of consciousness సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: C. It uses symbolism, omission, fragmented consciousness and social narrative to question the American Dream and represent modern dislocation సమాధానం: C.