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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which principle did Edgar Allan Poe emphasize as central to the successful short story?
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Explanation:
• Edgar Allan Poe argued that a short prose narrative should be designed to produce a single, unified effect on the reader.
• Every incident, image and stylistic choice should contribute to that intended effect.
• Poe associated the form with a reading experience that could be completed in one sitting.
• The principle became highly influential in theories of short-story compression and artistic unity.
• Every incident, image and stylistic choice should contribute to that intended effect.
• Poe associated the form with a reading experience that could be completed in one sitting.
• The principle became highly influential in theories of short-story compression and artistic unity.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which feature is most strongly associated with Anton Chekhov's short-story technique?
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Explanation:
• Chekhov often concentrates on apparently ordinary situations, subtle emotional changes and unresolved conflicts.
• His stories frequently end without conventional closure or a final moral judgement.
• This openness asks readers to interpret the implications of the characters' lives.
• A compulsory surprise ending is more closely associated with the popular reputation of O. Henry.
• His stories frequently end without conventional closure or a final moral judgement.
• This openness asks readers to interpret the implications of the characters' lives.
• A compulsory surprise ending is more closely associated with the popular reputation of O. Henry.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which O. Henry story concerns a married couple who secretly sacrifice their most valued possessions to buy gifts for each other?
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Explanation:
• The Gift of the Magi concerns Jim and Della, a poor married couple who make reciprocal sacrifices.
• Della sells her hair to buy a chain for Jim's watch, while Jim sells the watch to buy combs for Della's hair.
• The ironic reversal combines emotional warmth with structural economy.
• The story is one of O. Henry's best-known examples of the surprise-ending tradition.
• Della sells her hair to buy a chain for Jim's watch, while Jim sells the watch to buy combs for Della's hair.
• The ironic reversal combines emotional warmth with structural economy.
• The story is one of O. Henry's best-known examples of the surprise-ending tradition.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which Katherine Mansfield story follows Laura Sheridan's changing response to a working-class neighbour's death?
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Explanation:
• The Garden Party centres on Laura Sheridan and her family's preparations for an elegant social gathering.
• News of a working-class neighbour's death unsettles Laura's assumptions about class and social responsibility.
• Her visit to the dead man's house produces an intense but difficult-to-define moment of perception.
• Mansfield avoids a simple moral conclusion and leaves Laura's final insight partially unresolved.
• News of a working-class neighbour's death unsettles Laura's assumptions about class and social responsibility.
• Her visit to the dead man's house produces an intense but difficult-to-define moment of perception.
• Mansfield avoids a simple moral conclusion and leaves Laura's final insight partially unresolved.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Which collection by James Joyce is especially associated with the short-story epiphany?
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Explanation:
• Dubliners is James Joyce's collection of fifteen short stories about life in Dublin.
• The stories frequently culminate in moments of recognition commonly described as epiphanies.
• These revelations may expose paralysis, disappointment, self-deception or emotional limitation.
• Chamber Music is a poetry collection, while Exiles is a play.
• The stories frequently culminate in moments of recognition commonly described as epiphanies.
• These revelations may expose paralysis, disappointment, self-deception or emotional limitation.
• Chamber Music is a poetry collection, while Exiles is a play.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Statement I: Poe believed that brevity helps a short story preserve the totality of its intended effect. Statement II: Poe recommended including unrelated incidents to make a short story resemble an expansive epic. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Poe connected the short story with a unified reading experience completed in one sitting.
• Brevity allows the writer to control the reader's response without prolonged interruption.
• Statement II is incorrect because unrelated incidents would weaken the unity of effect.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Brevity allows the writer to control the reader's response without prolonged interruption.
• Statement II is incorrect because unrelated incidents would weaken the unity of effect.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which short story by D. H. Lawrence centres on a boy who rides a rocking horse in an attempt to discover winning racehorses?
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Explanation:
• The Rocking-Horse Winner centres on Paul, a boy who attempts to satisfy his family's demand for money.
• His frantic riding allows him to predict winners in horse races.
• The story connects childhood anxiety with materialism, parental dissatisfaction and destructive desire.
• Its supernatural suggestion intensifies its criticism of a household dominated by financial pressure.
• His frantic riding allows him to predict winners in horse races.
• The story connects childhood anxiety with materialism, parental dissatisfaction and destructive desire.
• Its supernatural suggestion intensifies its criticism of a household dominated by financial pressure.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which Flannery O'Connor story depicts a family's fatal encounter with an escaped criminal called the Misfit?
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Explanation:
• A Good Man Is Hard to Find depicts a family journey that ends in an encounter with the Misfit.
• The grandmother's vanity, manipulation and conventional moral language are subjected to severe testing.
• O'Connor combines Southern Gothic violence with questions of grace, judgement and spiritual recognition.
• The ending is shocking, but its religious significance remains open to interpretation.
• The grandmother's vanity, manipulation and conventional moral language are subjected to severe testing.
• O'Connor combines Southern Gothic violence with questions of grace, judgement and spiritual recognition.
• The ending is shocking, but its religious significance remains open to interpretation.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Alice Munro is most closely associated with the short-story tradition of which country?
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Explanation:
• Alice Munro is a Canadian writer celebrated primarily for her short stories.
• Her fiction often explores small-town Ontario, family history, memory and the unexpected turns of ordinary lives.
• She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.
• Munro's stories are noted for temporal complexity and the psychological range usually associated with novels.
• Her fiction often explores small-town Ontario, family history, memory and the unexpected turns of ordinary lives.
• She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.
• Munro's stories are noted for temporal complexity and the psychological range usually associated with novels.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which is the correct chronological order of first publication?
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Explanation:
• Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart was first published in 1843.
• Chekhov's The Lady with the Dog was first published in 1899.
• Joyce's Dubliners was published in 1914.
• O'Connor's collection A Good Man Is Hard to Find was published in 1955.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is The Tell-Tale Heart, The Lady with the Dog, Dubliners and A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
• Chekhov's The Lady with the Dog was first published in 1899.
• Joyce's Dubliners was published in 1914.
• O'Connor's collection A Good Man Is Hard to Find was published in 1955.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is The Tell-Tale Heart, The Lady with the Dog, Dubliners and A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Edgar Allan Poe 2. Anton Chekhov 3. Katherine Mansfield 4. Alice Munro. List II: a. Runaway b. The Garden Party c. The Lady with the Dog d. The Cask of Amontillado.
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Explanation:
• Edgar Allan Poe matches The Cask of Amontillado, a tale of calculated revenge.
• Anton Chekhov matches The Lady with the Dog, a story of an unexpected and unresolved love affair.
• Katherine Mansfield matches The Garden Party, which explores class and perception.
• Alice Munro matches Runaway, one of her major short-story collections.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a.
• Anton Chekhov matches The Lady with the Dog, a story of an unexpected and unresolved love affair.
• Katherine Mansfield matches The Garden Party, which explores class and perception.
• Alice Munro matches Runaway, one of her major short-story collections.
• Thus, the correct code is 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Assertion: Epiphany is important in many stories in Dubliners. Reason: A seemingly ordinary event may suddenly reveal a character's emotional or spiritual condition. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because moments of revelation recur throughout Dubliners.
• The Reason is correct because ordinary experiences often disclose disappointment, paralysis or self-knowledge.
• The boy's recognition at the end of Araby is a major example.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because ordinary experiences often disclose disappointment, paralysis or self-knowledge.
• The boy's recognition at the end of Araby is a major example.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which feature most directly distinguishes short-story compression from mere brevity?
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Explanation:
• Short-story compression means that limited space is used with high structural and thematic concentration.
• Characters may be suggested through a few significant gestures, objects or moments rather than extensive biography.
• Compression does not require an exact word limit and does not exclude symbolism or ambiguity.
• Its defining quality is economy directed toward a focused narrative effect.
• Characters may be suggested through a few significant gestures, objects or moments rather than extensive biography.
• Compression does not require an exact word limit and does not exclude symbolism or ambiguity.
• Its defining quality is economy directed toward a focused narrative effect.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which statement best describes narrative perspective in Chekhov's mature short stories?
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Explanation:
• Chekhov often presents events through the limited perceptions of ordinary characters.
• At the same time, the narration preserves enough distance for readers to notice self-deception and unspoken conflict.
• The narrator rarely imposes a final moral judgement.
• This balance between sympathy and distance contributes to the openness of Chekhov's fiction.
• At the same time, the narration preserves enough distance for readers to notice self-deception and unspoken conflict.
• The narrator rarely imposes a final moral judgement.
• This balance between sympathy and distance contributes to the openness of Chekhov's fiction.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which technique is especially characteristic of Katherine Mansfield's short fiction?
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Explanation:
• Mansfield often constructs stories through fleeting sensations, visual impressions and changes in consciousness.
• External action may be limited, while a character's perception undergoes a subtle transformation.
• Her use of image, rhythm and free indirect discourse contributes to psychological impressionism.
• This method is central to stories such as Bliss and The Garden Party.
• External action may be limited, while a character's perception undergoes a subtle transformation.
• Her use of image, rhythm and free indirect discourse contributes to psychological impressionism.
• This method is central to stories such as Bliss and The Garden Party.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Which narrative device is most commonly associated with O. Henry's popular short-story method?
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Explanation:
• O. Henry is especially associated with the twist or surprise ending.
• The final reversal often reveals an irony that transforms the reader's understanding of earlier events.
• In The Gift of the Magi, the exchanged sacrifices make both gifts unusable while affirming the couple's love.
• Although not every O. Henry story follows the same formula, this device shaped his popular reputation.
• The final reversal often reveals an irony that transforms the reader's understanding of earlier events.
• In The Gift of the Magi, the exchanged sacrifices make both gifts unusable while affirming the couple's love.
• Although not every O. Henry story follows the same formula, this device shaped his popular reputation.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Statement I: Odour of Chrysanthemums examines the emotional distance within a mining family. Statement II: Elizabeth Bates realizes after her husband's death that she had fully understood his inner life during their marriage. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because the story connects domestic tension with the dangerous industrial world of coal mining.
• Statement II is incorrect because Elizabeth recognizes that she and her husband had remained profoundly separate and unknown to each other.
• His dead body forces her to confront the limits of marital familiarity.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because Elizabeth recognizes that she and her husband had remained profoundly separate and unknown to each other.
• His dead body forces her to confront the limits of marital familiarity.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which feature is especially characteristic of Alice Munro's narrative treatment of time?
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Explanation:
• Munro's stories frequently move across long periods while remaining formally compressed.
• A later event may revise the meaning of an earlier relationship or decision.
• Memory, omission and unexpected temporal shifts create psychological depth.
• This handling of time gives many of her stories the scope and complexity of novels.
• A later event may revise the meaning of an earlier relationship or decision.
• Memory, omission and unexpected temporal shifts create psychological depth.
• This handling of time gives many of her stories the scope and complexity of novels.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• The Rocking-Horse Winner was written by D. H. Lawrence, not Anton Chekhov.
• James Joyce wrote Araby.
• Flannery O'Connor wrote Good Country People.
• Alice Munro wrote the collection Dance of the Happy Shades.
• Therefore, Anton Chekhov — The Rocking-Horse Winner is the incorrectly matched pair.
• James Joyce wrote Araby.
• Flannery O'Connor wrote Good Country People.
• Alice Munro wrote the collection Dance of the Happy Shades.
• Therefore, Anton Chekhov — The Rocking-Horse Winner is the incorrectly matched pair.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Consider the following statements about short-story form: 1. Compression often gives individual details greater symbolic weight. 2. An open ending may leave the character's future unresolved. 3. A limited narrator can restrict the reader's access to events and motives. 4. Every successful short story must end with a surprise revelation. Which statements are correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because compressed narratives often make objects, gestures and images carry several meanings.
• Statement 2 is correct because an open ending withholds complete resolution.
• Statement 3 is correct because limited perspective controls what readers can know and may create irony.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because surprise endings are only one possible short-story technique.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because an open ending withholds complete resolution.
• Statement 3 is correct because limited perspective controls what readers can know and may create irony.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because surprise endings are only one possible short-story technique.
• Therefore, 1, 2 and 3 only are correct.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
A story is narrated by a character who confidently interprets events, but details in the narrative reveal serious errors in that interpretation. Which concept is most directly involved?
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Explanation:
• Unreliable narration occurs when a narrator's account cannot be accepted without critical evaluation.
• Contradictions, omissions or misread situations may expose the narrator's limitations.
• In a compressed short story, small details can create a sharp gap between what the narrator believes and what readers infer.
• The device makes narrative perspective central to interpretation.
• Contradictions, omissions or misread situations may expose the narrator's limitations.
• In a compressed short story, small details can create a sharp gap between what the narrator believes and what readers infer.
• The device makes narrative perspective central to interpretation.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which comparison between Poe and Chekhov is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Poe's theory emphasizes careful design directed toward a single effect.
• Chekhov often minimizes conventional plotting and leaves ordinary emotional conflicts unresolved.
• Both writers value economy, but their typical structures and effects differ.
• The comparison demonstrates the diversity of major short-story traditions.
• Chekhov often minimizes conventional plotting and leaves ordinary emotional conflicts unresolved.
• Both writers value economy, but their typical structures and effects differ.
• The comparison demonstrates the diversity of major short-story traditions.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which statement best compares Katherine Mansfield and Flannery O'Connor?
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Explanation:
• Mansfield often builds stories around fleeting perception, social embarrassment and subtle psychological change.
• O'Connor uses grotesque characters, violence and shocking reversals to confront pride, blindness and the possibility of grace.
• Both employ compression and irony, but their tonal and theological emphases differ.
• Option C accurately distinguishes their characteristic methods.
• O'Connor uses grotesque characters, violence and shocking reversals to confront pride, blindness and the possibility of grace.
• Both employ compression and irony, but their tonal and theological emphases differ.
• Option C accurately distinguishes their characteristic methods.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Assertion: An open ending can intensify rather than weaken a short story's effect. Reason: Withholding complete resolution may force readers to reconsider the story's images, conflicts and narrative perspective. Choose the correct answer.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because closure is not necessary for emotional or thematic intensity.
• The Reason is correct because an unresolved ending can redirect attention to patterns and tensions within the narrative.
• Chekhov, Mansfield, Joyce and Munro often use ambiguity to extend the story beyond its final sentence.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because an unresolved ending can redirect attention to patterns and tensions within the narrative.
• Chekhov, Mansfield, Joyce and Munro often use ambiguity to extend the story beyond its final sentence.
• Therefore, both are correct and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated critical statement best describes the short-story traditions represented in this topic?
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Explanation:
• Poe emphasizes unity of effect, while Chekhov develops open and understated structures.
• O. Henry employs ironic reversals, and Mansfield and Joyce use moments of perception and epiphany.
• Lawrence and O'Connor connect compressed plots with social, psychological and spiritual conflict.
• Munro expands the form through temporal shifts and retrospective complexity.
• Option A therefore provides the most comprehensive account of the short-story traditions in this quiz.
• O. Henry employs ironic reversals, and Mansfield and Joyce use moments of perception and epiphany.
• Lawrence and O'Connor connect compressed plots with social, psychological and spiritual conflict.
• Munro expands the form through temporal shifts and retrospective complexity.
• Option A therefore provides the most comprehensive account of the short-story traditions in this quiz.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. Unity of effect సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. Open endings and attention to ordinary life సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. The Gift of the Magi సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. The Garden Party సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. Dubliners 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. The Rocking-Horse Winner సమాధానం: B.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. A Good Man Is Hard to Find సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Canada సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. The Tell-Tale Heart, The Lady with the Dog, Dubliners, A Good Man Is Hard to Find సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: D. The concentration of language, incident and detail around a limited dramatic purpose సమాధానం: D.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. The perspective often remains close to limited characters while preserving interpretive distance సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. Psychological impressionism based on shifting sensations and perceptions సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: A. A final reversal that reinterprets preceding events సమాధానం: A.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: C.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. The narrative moves across years through memory, omission and retrospective revision సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. Anton Chekhov — The Rocking-Horse Winner సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: A.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: D. Unreliable narration సమాధానం: D.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. Poe emphasizes a deliberately unified effect, while Chekhov often favours unresolved ordinary experience సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. Mansfield often develops subtle perceptual shifts, while O'Connor uses grotesque disruption to expose moral and spiritual crisis సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: D. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: D.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. They use compression, perspective, epiphany, irony and varied forms of closure to produce concentrated but diverse representations of experience సమాధానం: A.