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Which one of the following statements most accurately expresses the passage's main point?

• Although differing in culture, style, and content, the various branches of Hispanic-American literature are linked by their shared use of the Spanish language, a condition that gives them a strong connection to their European heritage.

• Many Hispanic-American writers have attempted to separate their literature from that of Spain through a mixture of cosmopolitanism and nativism, conflicting tendencies that alternately dominate Hispanic-American literature.

• Many Hispanic-American writers attempt to reconcile the opposing tendencies of cosmopolitanism and nativism by beginning their careers writing European-influenced novels and later switching to works that utilize specifically Hispanic-American settings.

• Despite statements by literary critics to the contrary, the cosmopolitanist and nativist tendencies in Hispanic-American literature do not compete with one another for dominance even though they occur concurrently.

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  If Hispanic-American literature is to achieve its full potential, it must reconcile the conflicting tendencies of cosmopolitanism and nativism that have isolated writers of differing cultures from one another

According to the passage, many of the Hispanic-American literary works produced between 1918 and 1930 were especially notable for their

• unusual expressiveness

• use of colloquial language

• unprecedented reliance on Spanish literary forms

• introspective quality

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  reduced emphasis on current trends in mainstream North American culture

According to the passage, the nativist tendency represents an attempt to

• experiment with form and style to illustrate the range of Hispanic-American literary achievement

• adapt the forms and styles of other literatures to the exploration of Hispanic-American themes

• transform the Spanish language into an apt vehicle for any theme

• align Hispanic-American literature with other North American literary movements

• depict the experiences of various Hispanic peoples in U.S. settings

It can be inferred from the passage that the Hispanic-American literature written in Spanish in the period immediately following 1930 was most likely characterized by

• narrative experimentation

• expressionistic tendencies

• surreal imagery

• use of mainstream literary forms

• greater naturalness of expression

The author of the passage suggests that contemporary Hispanic-American writers who write in Spanish are

• continually confronted by cosmopolitanist and nativist influences

• writing more works in the nativist mode than in the cosmopolitanist mode

• unaffected by the debate between cosmopolitanism and nativism that previous generations experienced

• uncertain whether cosmopolitanism and nativism will help achieve their literary goals

• cleanly and strongly divided into cosmopolitanist and nativist camps

Based on the passage, the author's attitude toward nativism in Hispanic-American literature is most likely

• enthusiastic support

• general approval

• reluctant acceptance

• strong skepticism

• clear disapproval

The primary purpose of the passage is to

• illustrate a general problem of literature by focusing on a particular culture's literature

• illuminate a point of tension in a particular culture's literature

• summarize the achievements of a particular culture's literature

• provoke a discussion of the political aspect of literature by focusing on a particular culture's literature

• refute a prevailing assumption about the development of a particular culture's literature

Based on the passage, which one of the following works, if written in Spanish by a Hispanic-American author, would most likely be faulted by a proponent of nativism in Hispanic-American literature?

• a novel in Cuban dialect portraying the experiences of Cuban immigrants to the southern United States

• a short story about a Puerto Rican student attending college in the western United States

• a sequence of formal sonnets depicting the thoughts and emotions of Columbus upon reaching the Americas

• a poem drawing analogies between some Mexican landscapes and some landscapes in the central United States

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  a play examining the role of religious ritual in the lives of contemporary Hispanic Americans

Which one of the following is a principle for the writing of Hispanic-American literature that best reflects both cosmopolitanism and nativism?

• A work should seek to overcome the limitations imposed by the use of a transplanted language.

• A work of literature should be written in the dialect with which its author is most familiar.

• A work of literature should not duplicate the style of a former era but should instead reflect the style of the era in which it is created.

• A work should reflect the history of the innovations that have occurred in that particular literary tradition.

• A work should be universal in scope and not merely reflect the shifting literary tastes of the times in which it is created.