- Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:52 pm
#44765
Hi Jessamyn,
As a Must Be True, there will be direct evidence that would allow the correct answer choice to be drawn as a conclusion. Sometimes this evidence is located in a sentence that you wouldn't think was important to the passage, but is still there. But most of the time, there will be clear textual support (that is relevant to the main point of the passage) for the correct choice. The best way to approach these questions is to separate the Contenders from the Losers and quickly refer back to where the information in the Contenders is referenced.
For this question, it sounds like you'd narrowed down the choices between (C) and (D). Looking at (D) first, the implication is that to appreciate Webster's works, one must compare it to the other Elizabethan (English) dramatists. But the passage states explicitly in the second paragraph (lines 30-38) that Webster was distinct from the other Elizabethans in that his work derived more from Italian drama than the English morality play tradition. So "carefully examining" other Elizabethans wouldn't logically yield the same understanding that analyzing Webster's Italian contemporaries could.
In contrast, (C) relies upon the description given in the first sentences of the second paragraph (lines 19-30) to show that Elizabethan drama was largely based upon the earlier morality plays; this is explicitly stated in the sentence on lines 27-30.
Hope this clears things up!
