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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which feature is most characteristic of the nineteenth-century slave narrative tradition?
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Explanation:
• Slave narratives commonly present first-person testimony about enslavement, resistance and escape.
• Literacy often becomes a means of self-definition and a challenge to systems that deny Black humanity.
• Many narratives participated in abolitionist debates while asserting the authority of lived experience.
• Therefore, option A identifies the form's central historical and narrative features.
• Literacy often becomes a means of self-definition and a challenge to systems that deny Black humanity.
• Many narratives participated in abolitionist debates while asserting the authority of lived experience.
• Therefore, option A identifies the form's central historical and narrative features.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Who wrote Invisible Man?
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Explanation:
• Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man.
• The novel was published in 1952.
• Its unnamed narrator recounts his struggle against racial stereotypes and ideological manipulation.
• Richard Wright wrote Native Son, while James Baldwin wrote Go Tell It on the Mountain.
• The novel was published in 1952.
• Its unnamed narrator recounts his struggle against racial stereotypes and ideological manipulation.
• Richard Wright wrote Native Son, while James Baldwin wrote Go Tell It on the Mountain.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
What does the narrator's invisibility primarily signify in Invisible Man?
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Explanation:
• The narrator is not physically invisible.
• His invisibility results from the distorted assumptions through which others perceive him.
• Racial stereotypes and political ideologies repeatedly replace his individuality with imposed identities.
• The concept therefore expresses social misrecognition and the struggle for self-definition.
• His invisibility results from the distorted assumptions through which others perceive him.
• Racial stereotypes and political ideologies repeatedly replace his individuality with imposed identities.
• The concept therefore expresses social misrecognition and the struggle for self-definition.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which organization recruits the narrator after his public speech in Invisible Man?
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Explanation:
• The Brotherhood recruits the narrator after hearing his public speech.
• It presents itself as a disciplined political movement committed to social change.
• The narrator gradually discovers that its leaders value ideological control more than his community's needs.
• His experience with the organization deepens the novel's critique of political manipulation.
• It presents itself as a disciplined political movement committed to social change.
• The narrator gradually discovers that its leaders value ideological control more than his community's needs.
• His experience with the organization deepens the novel's critique of political manipulation.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Statement I: The Battle Royal episode exposes racial humiliation disguised as public entertainment. Statement II: The narrator is treated as an autonomous intellectual whose speech is heard without interruption. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because the young Black participants are forced to fight for the amusement of powerful white spectators.
• The episode joins physical violence with social degradation and false promises of advancement.
• Statement II is incorrect because the narrator's speech is repeatedly interrupted, mocked and controlled.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• The episode joins physical violence with social degradation and false promises of advancement.
• Statement II is incorrect because the narrator's speech is repeatedly interrupted, mocked and controlled.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Who wrote Native Son?
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Explanation:
• Richard Wright wrote Native Son.
• The novel was published in 1940.
• It centres on Bigger Thomas and the social pressures surrounding his actions in segregated Chicago.
• Wright combines social protest, psychological conflict and naturalistic pressure.
• The novel was published in 1940.
• It centres on Bigger Thomas and the social pressures surrounding his actions in segregated Chicago.
• Wright combines social protest, psychological conflict and naturalistic pressure.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Who is the central protagonist of Native Son?
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Explanation:
• Bigger Thomas is the central protagonist of Native Son.
• He is a young Black man living in poverty on Chicago's South Side.
• Fear, segregation and restricted opportunity shape his choices and perceptions.
• Tod Clifton appears in Invisible Man, John Grimes in Go Tell It on the Mountain and Paul D in Beloved.
• He is a young Black man living in poverty on Chicago's South Side.
• Fear, segregation and restricted opportunity shape his choices and perceptions.
• Tod Clifton appears in Invisible Man, John Grimes in Go Tell It on the Mountain and Paul D in Beloved.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which is the correct chronological order of first publication?
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Explanation:
• Native Son was published in 1940.
• Invisible Man was published in 1952.
• The Color Purple was published in 1982.
• Beloved was published in 1987.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is Native Son, Invisible Man, The Color Purple and Beloved.
• Invisible Man was published in 1952.
• The Color Purple was published in 1982.
• Beloved was published in 1987.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is Native Son, Invisible Man, The Color Purple and Beloved.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which literary approach is most relevant to the way Native Son links Bigger's conduct with environment, poverty and racial restriction?
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Explanation:
• Naturalism emphasizes the pressure of environment, social conditions and material circumstances on human behaviour.
• Native Son shows Bigger acting within poverty, segregation, fear and limited opportunity.
• The novel does not remove personal responsibility, but it places individual action inside powerful social structures.
• Therefore, naturalism is the most relevant literary framework.
• Native Son shows Bigger acting within poverty, segregation, fear and limited opportunity.
• The novel does not remove personal responsibility, but it places individual action inside powerful social structures.
• Therefore, naturalism is the most relevant literary framework.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Assertion: Native Son criticizes the racial order of segregated America. Reason: Bigger's fear and violence develop within a society that restricts his movement, work and sense of possibility. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the novel exposes the social consequences of segregation and racial oppression.
• The Reason is correct because Bigger's choices are shaped by poverty, fear, exclusion and the expectations imposed upon him.
• These conditions directly support the novel's criticism of the racial system.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because Bigger's choices are shaped by poverty, fear, exclusion and the expectations imposed upon him.
• These conditions directly support the novel's criticism of the racial system.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Who wrote Beloved?
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Explanation:
• Toni Morrison wrote Beloved.
• The novel was published in 1987.
• It examines slavery's afterlife through Sethe, her family and the haunting of 124 Bluestone Road.
• Morrison combines historical memory, fragmented narration and supernatural elements.
• The novel was published in 1987.
• It examines slavery's afterlife through Sethe, her family and the haunting of 124 Bluestone Road.
• Morrison combines historical memory, fragmented narration and supernatural elements.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Who is the central female protagonist of Beloved?
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Explanation:
• Sethe is the central female protagonist of Beloved.
• She escapes from Sweet Home but remains psychologically marked by slavery.
• Her attempt to protect her children produces the novel's central traumatic event.
• Denver is Sethe's daughter, while Baby Suggs is her mother-in-law.
• She escapes from Sweet Home but remains psychologically marked by slavery.
• Her attempt to protect her children produces the novel's central traumatic event.
• Denver is Sethe's daughter, while Baby Suggs is her mother-in-law.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Beloved was partly inspired by the historical case of which formerly enslaved woman?
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Explanation:
• Beloved was partly inspired by the case of Margaret Garner.
• Garner escaped slavery in Kentucky and killed her young daughter when capture threatened.
• Morrison transforms this historical case into a meditation on maternal love, trauma and the ownership of enslaved bodies.
• The novel does not simply reproduce the record; it imaginatively explores suppressed experience.
• Garner escaped slavery in Kentucky and killed her young daughter when capture threatened.
• Morrison transforms this historical case into a meditation on maternal love, trauma and the ownership of enslaved bodies.
• The novel does not simply reproduce the record; it imaginatively explores suppressed experience.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which narrative feature is especially important in Beloved?
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Explanation:
• Beloved moves among different characters, times and levels of consciousness.
• Traumatic events are disclosed gradually rather than presented in one complete chronological account.
• Repetition and fragmentation reflect the difficulty of remembering experiences that resist ordinary narration.
• The form requires readers to reconstruct the past from multiple perspectives.
• Traumatic events are disclosed gradually rather than presented in one complete chronological account.
• Repetition and fragmentation reflect the difficulty of remembering experiences that resist ordinary narration.
• The form requires readers to reconstruct the past from multiple perspectives.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Statement I: In Beloved, memory can return with the force of a present and embodied experience. Statement II: The novel presents forgetting as a complete and reliable cure for historical trauma. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because the past repeatedly invades the characters' present lives through memory, haunting and bodily response.
• Morrison's concept of rememory suggests that traumatic experience persists beyond individual recollection.
• Statement II is incorrect because repression does not heal Sethe or her community.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Morrison's concept of rememory suggests that traumatic experience persists beyond individual recollection.
• Statement II is incorrect because repression does not heal Sethe or her community.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Who wrote The Color Purple?
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Explanation:
• Alice Walker wrote The Color Purple.
• The novel was published in 1982.
• It follows Celie's movement from abuse and silence toward economic, emotional and spiritual independence.
• The work examines race, gender, sexuality, family and Black women's community.
• The novel was published in 1982.
• It follows Celie's movement from abuse and silence toward economic, emotional and spiritual independence.
• The work examines race, gender, sexuality, family and Black women's community.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Which narrative form is used predominantly in The Color Purple?
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Explanation:
• The Color Purple is structured primarily through Celie's letters.
• She first addresses her letters to God and later writes to her sister Nettie.
• The epistolary form records changes in Celie's language, confidence and self-understanding.
• Nettie's letters also broaden the novel's geographical and historical range.
• She first addresses her letters to God and later writes to her sister Nettie.
• The epistolary form records changes in Celie's language, confidence and self-understanding.
• Nettie's letters also broaden the novel's geographical and historical range.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Who is the principal narrator of The Color Purple?
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Explanation:
• Celie is the principal narrator of The Color Purple.
• Her letters record abuse, separation, friendship, love and the growth of personal agency.
• Her developing voice is one of the novel's most important formal achievements.
• Nettie's letters provide an additional perspective but do not replace Celie as the central narrator.
• Her letters record abuse, separation, friendship, love and the growth of personal agency.
• Her developing voice is one of the novel's most important formal achievements.
• Nettie's letters provide an additional perspective but do not replace Celie as the central narrator.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which James Baldwin novel centres on John Grimes and his religious family in Harlem?
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Explanation:
• Go Tell It on the Mountain centres on John Grimes and his family.
• The novel was published in 1953.
• It examines religion, family history, race, sexuality and spiritual conflict in Harlem.
• Baldwin combines biblical rhythms with psychological and social analysis.
• The novel was published in 1953.
• It examines religion, family history, race, sexuality and spiritual conflict in Harlem.
• Baldwin combines biblical rhythms with psychological and social analysis.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which theme is central to James Baldwin's fiction?
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Explanation:
• Baldwin's fiction repeatedly explores identity under the pressures of race, sexuality, religion and family history.
• His characters struggle against shame, denial and inherited forms of judgement.
• He rejects simplistic moral divisions and examines how oppression also distorts intimate relationships.
• Therefore, option B best identifies a central concern of his fiction.
• His characters struggle against shame, denial and inherited forms of judgement.
• He rejects simplistic moral divisions and examines how oppression also distorts intimate relationships.
• Therefore, option B best identifies a central concern of his fiction.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Invisible Man 2. Native Son 3. Beloved 4. The Color Purple. List II: a. Bigger Thomas b. Sethe c. Celie d. The unnamed underground narrator.
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Explanation:
• Invisible Man matches the unnamed underground narrator, who tells the story of his social invisibility.
• Native Son matches Bigger Thomas, whose life is shaped by segregation and fear.
• Beloved matches Sethe, whose memories reveal slavery's continuing trauma.
• The Color Purple matches Celie, whose letters trace her growth toward independence.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c.
• Native Son matches Bigger Thomas, whose life is shaped by segregation and fear.
• Beloved matches Sethe, whose memories reveal slavery's continuing trauma.
• The Color Purple matches Celie, whose letters trace her growth toward independence.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• The Color Purple was written by Alice Walker, not James Baldwin.
• Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man.
• Richard Wright wrote Native Son.
• Toni Morrison wrote Beloved.
• Therefore, James Baldwin — The Color Purple is the incorrectly matched pair.
• Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man.
• Richard Wright wrote Native Son.
• Toni Morrison wrote Beloved.
• Therefore, James Baldwin — The Color Purple is the incorrectly matched pair.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Consider the following statements about Black vernacular traditions in African American fiction: 1. They may draw on oral storytelling, music and communal speech. 2. They can challenge the authority of standardized language. 3. They often carry historical memory and cultural identity. 4. They require every novel to use the same dialect and narrative voice. Which statements are correct?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Black vernacular traditions may incorporate oral performance, blues, jazz, sermons and communal storytelling.
• Statement 2 is correct because vernacular language can resist linguistic standards associated with dominant power.
• Statement 3 is correct because speech patterns can preserve cultural memory and collective identity.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because writers use highly varied voices, forms and regional traditions.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because vernacular language can resist linguistic standards associated with dominant power.
• Statement 3 is correct because speech patterns can preserve cultural memory and collective identity.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because writers use highly varied voices, forms and regional traditions.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which comparison between Beloved and The Color Purple is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Beloved uses haunting, nonlinear narration and shifting perspectives to represent the unresolved trauma of slavery.
• The Color Purple uses letters to record Celie's movement from imposed silence toward self-expression and independence.
• Both novels centre Black women's survival and community, but they employ distinct narrative strategies.
• Option B accurately distinguishes their forms and shared concerns.
• The Color Purple uses letters to record Celie's movement from imposed silence toward self-expression and independence.
• Both novels centre Black women's survival and community, but they employ distinct narrative strategies.
• Option B accurately distinguishes their forms and shared concerns.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated critical statement best describes the African American fiction represented in this topic?
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Explanation:
• The slave narrative tradition establishes testimony, literacy and freedom as foundational concerns.
• Ellison and Wright examine racial ideology, social restriction and contested identity through different modern narrative forms.
• Morrison and Walker centre memory, trauma, gender, voice and Black women's survival.
• Baldwin investigates the intimate effects of race, sexuality, religion and social judgement.
• Option A therefore provides the most comprehensive account of the topic.
• Ellison and Wright examine racial ideology, social restriction and contested identity through different modern narrative forms.
• Morrison and Walker centre memory, trauma, gender, voice and Black women's survival.
• Baldwin investigates the intimate effects of race, sexuality, religion and social judgement.
• Option A therefore provides the most comprehensive account of the topic.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. A first-person account linking personal bondage, literacy and the pursuit of freedom సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Ralph Ellison సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Society's refusal to recognize his full human individuality సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. The Brotherhood సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Richard Wright సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: A. Bigger Thomas సమాధానం: A.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Native Son, Invisible Man, The Color Purple, Beloved సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: C. Naturalism సమాధానం: C.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Toni Morrison సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: B. Sethe సమాధానం: B.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: C. Margaret Garner సమాధానం: C.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: D. Fragmented perspectives that gradually reconstruct traumatic memory సమాధానం: D.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: B. Alice Walker సమాధానం: B.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Epistolary narration సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: D. Celie సమాధానం: D.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. Go Tell It on the Mountain సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: B. The struggle to form an identity amid race, sexuality, family and social judgement సమాధానం: B.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: A. 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c సమాధానం: A.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: D. James Baldwin — The Color Purple సమాధానం: D.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: B. Beloved uses fragmented haunting to confront slavery's trauma, while The Color Purple uses letters to trace Celie's developing voice and autonomy సమాధానం: B.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. It transforms testimony, vernacular expression and experimental narration into forms for examining race, memory, trauma, identity and resistance సమాధానం: A.