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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Introduction to Late Modern and Postwar Literature

Question 7 • WINGS PA - 26 Literature III B Jefferson-Oliver

Which of the following statements best expresses Faulkner's purpose?

Answer
A
The role of literature is to record human struggles and to encourage people.
B
The role of literature is to bear witness to contemporary human fears.
C
The role of literature is to find new universal truths to replace the old.
D
The role of literature is to question the glory of the past.

Explanation

Faulkner’s purpose is best expressed as literature recording human struggles while also giving people hope and courage. He describes the writer’s work as helping people endure and prevail, so choice A—“The role of literature is to record human struggles and to encourage people”—fits best.

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