Q24

[csunnerberg13]

I'm not sure if there's something obvious that I'm missing here, but I don't see how answer B is justified. I thought A was better because in lines 28-32, it talks about how the domestic novel is part of a continuum that includes some other domestic and religious type things. So A seemed closest, though it left out the religious part. What is the evidence for choice B?

Thanks

[maryadkins]

You're right that lines 27-30 is where to look, but what we're talking about there is writing ("is based on a conception of fiction ... that also includes writings ... "). We're talking about a continuum of writings, not a continuum of things, generally. (A) is too broad. (B) is correct.

(C) is unsupported. There isn't anything saying this.
(D) is too general and therefore unsupported. It's also not what the author means by "continuum."
(E) Cohesiveness? Not mentioned.

[neelkothari30]

I chose A for this question. In review, I do understand how B is more correct as compared to A.

I had a quick question with respect to the support for answer choice B. Lines 27-31 state "The domestic novel... a continuum that also included writings devoted to piety and domestic instruction, bound together by a common goal of promoting domestic morality and religious belief."

Can we use "bound together" to infer answer choice B?

Please let me know if my thinking process is correct.

Thank you.

Neel