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QOTD #5 James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   11 May 2016, 01:46
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James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Finnegans Wake, saw deeply into the hearts of his characters, but, in a life irony as subtle yet piercing as those endured by his characters, he himself could barely _________ text well enough to proof his own galleys.

see

feel

walk

move

distinguish

interpret
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James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 15 Jan 2020, 18:34
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James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Lady Chatterley’s Lover, saw deeply into the hearts of his characters, but, in a life irony as subtle yet piercing as those endured by his characters, he himself could barely _________ text well enough to proof his own galleys.

a)see
b)feel
c)walk
d)move
e)distinguish
f)interpret

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Re: QOTD - James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Fin [#permalink] New post   14 May 2016, 22:21
distinguish and interpret
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Re: QOTD - James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Fin [#permalink] New post   14 May 2016, 22:21
The blank should be 'discern'. The synonymous of 'discern' in the answer choices are 'see' and 'distinguish'
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Re: QOTD - James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Fin [#permalink] New post   14 May 2016, 22:30
QAs..plz :?
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Re: QOTD - James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Fin [#permalink] New post   15 May 2016, 06:48
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This sentence is worded in a tricky way, as the words “but” and “barely” negate each other. Thus, the blank parallels “saw deeply.” (“ Proof” here means proofread or edit, and galleys are drafts of a book about to be published.) How ironic that an author who sees into the hearts of his characters is practically blind in real life! “Interpret” is an attractive trap, but Joyce had a vision problem, not an intellectual one. “Feel,” “walk,” and “move” are not correct because they don’t mean to see.


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Re: James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   27 Jun 2016, 02:55
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a and e

James Joyce...saw.......but.....he himself could barely see text well enough to proof his own galleys. Hence the answer is see and distinguish
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Re: James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   14 Jul 2016, 02:48
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Re: James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   15 Jul 2016, 01:51
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This sentence is worded in a tricky way, as the pivot words but and barely negate each other. Thus, the blank parallels the clue “saw deeply.” (Proof here means “proofread” or “edit,” and galleys are “drafts of a book about to be published.”) How ironic that an author who sees into the hearts of his characters is practically blind in real life! Interpret is an attractive trap, but Joyce had a vision problem, not an intellectual one.


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Re: QOTD #5 James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   09 Jan 2019, 12:48
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Re: QOTD #5 James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   09 Jan 2019, 13:24
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Re: James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Finnegans [#permalink] New post   04 Nov 2019, 14:19
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James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Finnegans Wake, saw deeply into the hearts of his characters, but, in a life irony as subtle yet piercing as those endured by his characters, he himself could barely _________ text well enough to proof his own galleys.

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see, feel
walk
move
distinguish
interpret



Solution to this?

My answer is A, F
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Re: James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   15 Jan 2020, 18:36
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Re: QOTD #5 James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   11 May 2020, 21:34
Manhattan Prep is notorious for bad verbal questions. "but, in a life irony as subtle yet piercing as those..." Really? A life irony? Makes no sense.
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Re: QOTD #5 James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   04 Apr 2023, 19:11
What exactly is meaning of this phrase "in a life irony as subtle yet piercing as those endured by his characters".
In general if we are not able to get meaning in exam, how do we answer those questions.

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Re: QOTD #5 James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   04 Apr 2023, 23:07
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That is a good question.

Actually, the best thing to do is to get the gist of the sentence: the subject, the verb, what it does and the contrast we do have, if any....

In this case

James Joyce, the author of many novels, including Finnegans Wake, saw deeply into the hearts of his characters, but, in a life irony as subtle yet piercing as those endured by his characters, he himself could barely _________ text well enough to proof his own galleys.

Jame Joyce = subject

saw deeply into the hearts of his characters= actually the verb and what it did >>> depicted in someway people

he himself could barely = contrast >>>>>>>> in real life he did basically the contrary what he did in his novels.

In other words, he described people very well but in real life he barely what ? barely depicted or distinguished what to do.

E is the answer and A is the only close word to E

This is the way you should have a thought process when you do not see the meaning of the sentence fully

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Re: QOTD #5 James Joyce, the author of many novels, including [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2024, 22:14
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