Reading comprehension PrepTest 100 — Reading Comprehension (demo) · Section 1 · Question 2

Passage

Contemporary critics often treat a novelist’s political commitments as the key to interpreting their work. Yet focusing narrowly on ideology Remaining source text redacted.
Passage walkthrough
The passage argues that tying interpretation too closely to a novelist’s politics oversimplifies fiction and that narrative form—how the text guides attention and sympathy—is a better guide to its ethical stakes than ideological labels alone.

Question prompt

The passage suggests that Remaining source text redacted.
Why the credited answer is right

Credited answer: D

The notes below walk through why it fits the stem and how to eliminate the rest.

In short

The passage warns that an ideology-first approach can collapse characterization into “mouthpieces,” stripping away ambiguity that gives the work its depth—matching the idea that such criticism reduces nuance to messaging.

Answer choices

  1. A
    It overemphasizes the influence Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice A is not credited
    Seed note: choice (A) does not match the credited answer for this demo question.
  2. B
    It assumes that every Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice B is not credited
    Seed note: choice (B) does not match the credited answer for this demo question.
  3. C
    It requires readers to Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice C is not credited
    Seed note: choice (C) does not match the credited answer for this demo question.
  4. D
    It tends to reduce Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice D matches the stem
    Seed note: choice (D) matches the credited answer for this demo question.
  5. E
    It ignores the historical Remaining source text redacted.
    Why choice E is not credited
    Seed note: choice (E) does not match the credited answer for this demo question.

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Answer choice distribution

  1. A No data
  2. B No data
  3. C No data
  4. D Credited No data
  5. E No data

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