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What is Achebe’s claim in this excerpt?

A
Conrad’s writing focuses on solitude and sickness, not on clashing cultures or belief systems.
B
Conrad’s depiction of Europeans is biased and mostly negative, and his work should not be read as a result.
C
Conrad uses Africa mostly as a setting to show how separation and solitude lead the human mind to disintegrate.
D
Conrad and literary critics of his text have racist viewpoints because they fail to see the dehumanizing depiction of Africans in the text.
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anecdotal X textual ✔ historical

A
anecdotal
B
X textual
C
historical
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✔ It contrasts Conrad’s limited viewpoint.It supports Conrad’s perspective. It denies claims that Conrad is racist.

A
It contrasts Conrad’s limited viewpoint.
B
It supports Conrad’s perspective.
C
It denies claims that Conrad is racist.
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In this passage, Achebe includes a quotation from Heart of Darkness. Why is it effective as evidence that Conrad has racist views?

A
It shows that Conrad saw Africans as being inferior to Europeans.
B
It shows that Conrad saw Africans as being superior to Europeans.
C
It shows how Conrad’s views evolved over time and became more biased.
D
It shows that Conrad believed that people of different cultures should not interact.
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Which phrases from the passage support Achebe’s claim that Conrad’s writing dehumanizes the African people? Check all that apply.

A
“the savage who was a fireman”
B
“He was an improved specimen”
C
“as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches”
D
“He squinted at the steam gauge”
E
“he was hard at work”
F
“a thrall to strange witchcraft”
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What claim does Achebe make in this passage? What type of evidence does Achebe use to support this claim? How does the evidence support the claim?

Answers:
Selection 1:Conrad’s depiction of Africans is not accurate.
Selection 2:historical
Selection 3:It contrasts Conrad’s limited viewpoint.
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How does Achebe develop his claim in this passage?

A
He states the claim of his argument.
B
He outlines reasons that support his claim.
C
He cites evidence to support his claim and reason.
D
He raises a counterargument to refute the opposition.

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