21. Which of the following best characterizes the author's attitude toward Tolstoi?
(A) She deprecates the cynicism of his later works.
(B) She finds his theatricality artificial.
(C) She admires his wholehearted sincerity.
(D) She thinks his inconsistency disturbing.
(E) She respects his devotion to orthodoxy.
22. Which of the following best paraphrases Flaubert's statement quoted in lines 1-4?
(A) Masterpieces seem ordinary and unremark- able from the perspective of a later age.
(B) Great works of art do not explain them- selves to us any more than natural objects do.
(C) Important works of art take their place in the pageant of history because of their uniqueness
(D) The most important aspects of good art are the orderliness and tranquility it reflects.
(E) Masterpieces which are of enduring value represent the forces of nature.
23. The author quotes from Bayley (lines 8-20) to show that
(A) although Tolstoi observes and interprets life, he maintains no self-conscious distance from his experience
(B) the realism of Tolstoi's work gives the illusion that his novels are reports of actual events
(C) unfortunately, Tolstoi is unaware of his own limitations, though he is sincere in his attempt to describe experience
(D) although Tolstoi works casually and makes unwarranted assumptions, his work has an inexplicable appearance of truth
(E) Folstoi's personal perspective makes his work almost unintelligible to the majority of his readers
24. The author states that Tolstoi's conversion represented
(A) a radical renunciation of the world
(B) the rejection of avant-garde ideas
(C) the natural outcome of his earlier beliefs
(D) the acceptance of a religion he had earlier rejected
(E) a fundamental change in his writing style
25. According to the passage, Tolsto's response to the accepted intellectual and artistic values of his time was to
(A) select the most valid from among them
(B) combine opposing viewpoints into a new doctrine
(C) reject the claims of religion in order to serve his art
(D) subvert them in order to defend a new political viewpoint
(E) upset them in order to be faithful to his experience
26. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is true of War and Peace?
(A) It belongs to an early period of Tolstoi's work.
(B) It incorporates a polemin against the disorderliness of Russian life.
(C) It has a simple structural outline.
(D) It is a work that reflects on ironic view of life.
(E) It conforms to the standard of aesthetic refinement favored by Tolstoi's contemporaries.
27. According to the passage, the explanation of Tolstoi's "magical simplicity" (line 55) lies partially in his
(A) remarkable power of observation and his facility in exact description
(B) persistent disregard for conventional restraints together with his great energy
(C) unusual ability to reduce the description of complex situations to a few words
(D) abiding hatred of religious doctrine and preference for the new scientism
(E) continuing attempt to represent the natural in opposition to the pretentious
28. DETERIORATION:
(A) imitation
(B) impression
(C) improvement
(D) impropriety
(E) imbalance
29. RETARD:
(A) redirect
(B) release
(C) smooth over
(D) speed up
(E) speak for
30. PRISTINE:
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