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Jazzy007 wrote:
For question 2 I did not understand ,
How will “ a search through legal documents of Shakespeare’s time for references to plagiarism or intellectual property rights”
Help if the two were the contemporaries.


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2. Which of the following could aid in the further study of the interpolations discussed in the above passage?

Difficulty Level: Hard

Explanation

This Inference question asks you to consider possibilities based on what is in the text but not necessarily stated within it.

(A) The passage raises the question of how collaborative writing for the stage may have been during Shakespeare’s time. Conducting an investigation into the existence of collaborative writing partnerships would be a good way to determine an answer for this question.

(B) Familiarizing yourself with the style of other writers who might have helped write or had their work used in the writing of Shakespeare’s plays would help in the determination of the actual authorship of passages in Macbeth (and other plays), as well as provide insight into authorial intention.

Finally, (C) is an interesting alternative to a strictly literary study and would help to solve the question posed in the text of what constituted plagiarism in the Elizabethan era. All three are good choices for further study.

Answer: A, B and C
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Can some one please explain question 1 & 3?

For question 1, why not choice A? it says that perhaps Elizabethan notions of plagiarism were different from ours...
Isn’t the word our’s good enough to presume that author thinks a plagiarism has occurred?

For Question 3, why not B? Is there a implication somewhere that authors might have recruited assistance when composing their works?

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1) In the passage, the author provides two probable explanations : play-writing may have been more collaborative than previously thought, or perhaps Elizabethan notions of plagiarism were different from ours.

We can't infer that the author find Shakespeare guilty. This is an assertion. It may be possible or may not.

2) Here : play-writing may have been more collaborative than previously thought.

It may be possible that Shakespeare may have hired someone for his work. As the interpolations from other authors in Shakespeare's plays have been commonly accepted. So it can be inferred.

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Can some one please explain question 1 & 3?

For question 1, why not choice A? it says that perhaps Elizabethan notions of plagiarism were different from ours...
Isn’t the word our’s good enough to presume that author thinks a plagiarism has occurred?

For Question 3, why not B? Is there a implication somewhere that authors might have recruited assistance when composing their works?

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Could you explain question 1 as a whole?
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For Q3. why we can't infer option A? In the passage it says "perhaps Elizabethan notions of plagiarism were different from ours." From this we can infer that according to our present time this would be considered plagiarism hence illegal.
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For Q3. why we can't infer option A? In the passage it says "perhaps Elizabethan notions of plagiarism were different from ours." From this we can infer that according to our present time this would be considered plagiarism hence illegal.


I did notice, my humble opinion, that you bring inside the passage too much information from the outside.

This is wrong.

The sentence says just that her notion was different from our. We should read very careful if it is or not illegal
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Could you explain question 1 as a whole?


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1. Select the statement or statements that are correct according to the passage.

Difficulty Level: Hard

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This type of question gives you three statements and asks you to select which ones are true. Break it down statement by statement. Statement (A) is untrue because the term “plagiarism” is used in the passage in the phrase “perhaps Elizabethan notions of plagiarism were different from ours”—which indicates that one cannot be certain of what might have constituted plagiarism at the time.

Statement (B) is a 180: the passage does refer to the assessment of authorial intention if the text has been redacted by several authors, but the passage states the exact opposite of statement (B).

Statement (C) is correct because you are told that our current notion of plagiarism might be different from the notion of plagiarism in Shakespeare’s time.

Answer: C
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For Q3. why we can't infer option A? In the passage it says "perhaps Elizabethan notions of plagiarism were different from ours." From this we can infer that according to our present time this would be considered plagiarism hence illegal.


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3. Which CANNOT be inferred from the passage?

Difficulty Level: Hard

Explanation

This is an Inference EXCEPT question: you must select the answers you cannot infer from the passage. (A), that this example of interpolation would be illegal today, is impossible to tell as the passage does not address issues of legality and we do not even know whether Middleton was a willing collaborator.

(B) is suggested within the passage in the supposition that writing such as Macbeth might have, in fact, been collaborative—this allows you to eliminate choice (B).

(C) you know to be also a correct response for the same reason you specified for (A)—you do not know precisely Middleton’s role in the composition. Answer choices (A) and (C) are both correct.

Answer: A and C
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Can anyone pls explain Q no 4 why is the second part of B correct?
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Can anyone pls explain Q no 4 why is the second part of B correct?


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4. In the passage, the two highlighted statements play which of the following roles?

Difficulty Level: Easy

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In this question, you are asked to determine the rhetorical roles of the two highlighted statements. The first highlighted statement is used as an example of the interpolations that the first clause in the sentence mentions. The highlighted portion states that parts of Shakespeare’s work were in fact written by his peer Middleton. So the first highlighted portion appears to be an example.

The second highlighted statement presents an opinion regarding the impact of interpolations on literary analysis. According to this statement, because others wrote certain parts of Shakespeare’s work, it is more difficult to determine a character’s motives. Your prediction should be that the first statement is an example and the second is an opinion or conclusion (remember that in arguments, the words “opinion” and “conclusion” will often be used interchangeably). Answer choice (B) matches this prediction perfectly.

The other choices miss the mark completely. For instance, choice (A) incorrectly states that the second highlighted portion is the example. Similarly, choice (C) indicates that the first statement is the opinion and the second is the evidence, the exact opposite of our prediction. (D) states that the passage opposes an argument, but there is no conflict addressed in the passage. Finally, choice (E) identifies both statements as conclusions, which is not correct.

Answer: B
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