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AssignmentMultiple Choice

4.9: Comparing the Presentation of Cultures in Literary Texts

Question 3 • OK-English IV A-CR

Which evidence from the text best explains Achebe’s opinion about the counterargument?

Answer
A
“The primary narrator is Marlow, but his account is given to us through the filter of a second, shadowy person.”
B
“Conrad’s intention is to draw a cordon sanitaire between himself and the moral and psychological malaise of his narrator.”
C
“He neglects to hint . . . at an alternative frame of reference by which we may judge the actions and opinions of his characters.”
D
“Conrad appears to go to considerable pains to set up layers of insulation between himself and the moral universe of his history.”