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Set 2: Inferences (Advanced)

Explanation

Answer: B

PASSAGE

The novel is written entirely in second person—'You walk into the bar.' Critics have offered contrasting explanations: some argue the technique implicates the reader in the protagonist's actions; others suggest it distances us by highlighting the artificiality of narration; still others read it as reflecting the protagonist's dissociation from his own experience.

What does the critical diversity suggest about literary meaning?

A. Narrative techniques have single, fixed meanings.
B. The same formal choice can support multiple valid interpretations.✓ Correct
C. Second person narration is always unsuccessful.
D. All readers respond identically to narrative voice.

Detailed Explanation

Same technique = implicates/distances/reflects dissociation—three valid readings of one choice.

Key Evidence:

• "contrasting explanations: implicates... distances... reflects"

Why others are wrong: A (Multiple interpretations exist.), C (Success isn't judged; meaning is debated.), D (Critics disagree = varying responses.).

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