Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practice Question 149: Answer and Explanation
Question: 149
Strindberg mocked and attacked Ibsen's most successful and enduring play, A Doll's House, in a short story of the same title and claimed that his ongoing hostilities with Ibsen had cost him his "wife, children, fortune, and career." Ibsen, meanwhile, somewhat more __________________ a portrait of Strindberg in his study where he worked, naming it Madness Incipient.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. soberly-though no less venomously-kept
- B. soberly; though no less venomously kept
- C. soberly though no less-venomously kept
- D. soberly: though no less venomously, kept
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
(A) The dashes properly set aside a parenthetical phrase. Choice (B) does not work, since a complete sentence does not appear after the semicolon. Choice (C) interrupts the thought right in the middle. Choice (D) uses inconsistent punctuation on either side of the parenthetical phrase.
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