Question 17 .

　　This question has five answer choices, labeled A through E. Select and indicate the best answer from among these choices.

　　The author's primary purpose in the passage is to

　　A……  . explain some critics' refusal to consider Raisin in the Sun a deliberately ironic play

　　B……  . suggest that ironic nuances ally Raisin in the Sun with Du Bois's and Fanon's writings

　　C……  . analyze the fundamental dramatic conflicts in Raisin in the Sun

　　D……  . emphasize the inclusion of contradictory elements in Raisin in the Sun

　　E……  . affirm the thematic coherence underlying Raisin in the Sun

　　Select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.

　　Question 18.

　　This question has five answer choices, labeled A through E. Select and indicate the best answer from among these choices.

　　This question refers to the third sentence of the passage, which reads as follows: Indeed, a curiously persistent refusal to credit Hansberry with a capacity for intentional irony has led some critics to interpret the play's thematic conflicts as mere confusion, contradiction, or eclecticism.

　　The author of the passage would probably consider which of the following judgments to be most similar to the reasoning of the critics described in the third sentence?

　　A……  . The world is certainly flat; therefore, the person proposing to sail around it is unquestionably foolhardy.

　　B……  . Radioactivity cannot be directly perceived; therefore, a scientist could not possibly control it in a laboratory.

　　C……  . The painter of this picture could not intend it to be funny; therefore, its humor must result from a lack of skill.

　　D……  . Traditional social mores are beneficial to culture; therefore, anyone who deviates from them acts destructively.

　　E……  . Filmmakers who produce documentaries deal exclusively with facts; therefore, a filmmaker who reinterprets particular events is misleading us.

　　Select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.

　　Question 19.

　　Select and indicate a sentence in the passage in which the author provides examples that reinforce an argument against a critical response cited earlier in the passage.

　　Question 20 has five answer choices, labeled A through E, and is based on the following text.

　　As an example of the devastation wrought on music publishers by the photocopier, one executive noted that for a recent choral festival with 1,200 singers, the festival's organizing committee purchased only 12 copies of the music published by her company that was performed as part of the festival.

　　Question 20.

　　Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the support the example lends to the executive's contention that music publishers have been devastated by the photocopier?

　　A……  Only a third of the 1,200 singers were involved in performing the music published by the executive's company.