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Set 5: Inferences (Advanced)

Explanation

Answer: B

PASSAGE

The essay collection assembles pieces written over two decades. Reading them chronologically reveals the author's evolving views—positions she once held passionately she later qualifies or contradicts. Rather than revising earlier essays for consistency, she preserves the contradictions, treating intellectual growth as a process visible only through its stages.

What does the author's editorial choice suggest about representing thought?

A. Writers should always present a single consistent viewpoint.
B. Preserving intellectual evolution, including contradictions, can be more authentic than imposing retrospective coherence.✓ Correct
C. Contradictions in writing are always accidental errors.
D. The author's views never changed over time.

Detailed Explanation

'Preserves the contradictions' treating growth as 'visible only through its stages' = evolution is authentic representation.

Key Evidence:

• "preserves the contradictions"

• "intellectual growth as a process visible only through its stages"

Why others are wrong: A (She deliberately includes contradictions.), C (Contradictions are intentionally preserved.), D ('Evolving views' = changed over time.).

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