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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14335)
The correct answer choice is (C)
This question asks us to identify a discrepancy between The Awakening and the work of the New
Women. Passage organization is once again key. The New Women’s movement was discussed in
the first half of the fourth paragraph of the passage, while its influence on The Awakening was
summarized in the last sentence of that paragraph.
Answer choice (A): This is the Opposite answer. The New Women writers “experimented with
impressionistic methods in an effort to explore hitherto unrecorded aspects of female consciousness”
(lines 49-52), whereas The Awakening focused on “faithfully rendering the workings of the
protagonist’s mind” (lines 56-57). Since both the New Women and The Awakening shared an attempt
to explore aspects of female consciousness, this cannot be a point of distinction between them. This
answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): The attempt to describe the dream world of women was specifically mentioned
in lines 44-47 as a prominent feature of the New Women’s genre. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. In The Awakening, Chopin embraced the
New Women writers’ impressionistic approach more fully than they did (lines 52-54), suggesting a
more consistent use of impressionism in The Awakening than in the work of the New Women.
Answer choice (D): While the New Women clearly relied on interludes of fantasy to explore aspects
of female consciousness (lines 45 and 51), it is uncertain whether Chopin relied on such interludes
even more than they did. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This is the Opposite answer. The author described the 39 numbered sections in
The Awakening as united less by their style or content than by their focus on rendering the workings
of the protagonist’s mind (lines 54-57). We can therefore conclude that The Awakening did not
display significant unity of style and content.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14335)
The correct answer choice is (C)
This question asks us to identify a discrepancy between The Awakening and the work of the New
Women. Passage organization is once again key. The New Women’s movement was discussed in
the first half of the fourth paragraph of the passage, while its influence on The Awakening was
summarized in the last sentence of that paragraph.
Answer choice (A): This is the Opposite answer. The New Women writers “experimented with
impressionistic methods in an effort to explore hitherto unrecorded aspects of female consciousness”
(lines 49-52), whereas The Awakening focused on “faithfully rendering the workings of the
protagonist’s mind” (lines 56-57). Since both the New Women and The Awakening shared an attempt
to explore aspects of female consciousness, this cannot be a point of distinction between them. This
answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): The attempt to describe the dream world of women was specifically mentioned
in lines 44-47 as a prominent feature of the New Women’s genre. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. In The Awakening, Chopin embraced the
New Women writers’ impressionistic approach more fully than they did (lines 52-54), suggesting a
more consistent use of impressionism in The Awakening than in the work of the New Women.
Answer choice (D): While the New Women clearly relied on interludes of fantasy to explore aspects
of female consciousness (lines 45 and 51), it is uncertain whether Chopin relied on such interludes
even more than they did. This answer choice is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This is the Opposite answer. The author described the 39 numbered sections in
The Awakening as united less by their style or content than by their focus on rendering the workings
of the protagonist’s mind (lines 54-57). We can therefore conclude that The Awakening did not
display significant unity of style and content.