PP1 (Shorter) Verbal Section 2 (Medium) Q8

<p>This is a <span style="color:#8e44ad;"><strong>Function Question</strong></span>&nbsp;since the question is asking which part of the passage fulfills a specific purpose to &quot;reinforce a criticism of responses such as Isaac&#39;s to *Raisin in the Sun*&quot;. We are looking specifically for a point that enforces the idea that the critics are wrong to think the &quot;thematic conflicts&quot; in Hansberry&#39;s plays are &quot;contradictory&quot; or bad in general. Furthermore, due to the word &quot;reinforce&quot;, we know that the correct section must appear after the criticism of &quot;Isaacs&quot;.</p> <p><span style="color:#27ae60;"><span style="font-size:20px;">The Right Answer</span></span></p> <p><span style="color:#27ae60;">D:</span> DuBois is mentioned as another author who has conflicting elements in their work. The passage states that despite these &quot;conflicts&quot;, Dubois&#39;s work is &quot;famous&quot; and &quot;well-considered&quot;. The author mentions this to support the point made earlier that criticism of *Raisin in the Sun* for &quot;conflicts&quot; is unfair.</p> <p><span style="color:#e74c3c;"><span style="font-size:20px;">The Wrong Answers</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">A:</span> This point is made before Isaacs is mentioned, so it can&#39;t be &quot;reinforcing&quot; the criticism against him.</li> <li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">B:</span> This point is made before Isaacs is mentioned, so it can&#39;t be &quot;reinforcing&quot; the criticism against him.</li> <li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">C:</span> This point is made before Isaacs is mentioned, so it can&#39;t be &quot;reinforcing&quot; the criticism against him.</li> <li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">E:</span> The fact that Fanon considers &quot;internationalism&quot; to be ideal does not in any way indicate that Isaacs was wrong to criticize Hansberry for thematic conflicts. If Isaacs was criticizing the play for &quot;her ideal of human reconciliation&quot;, then this would be the correct answer, but the criticism is for the thematic conflicts.</li> </ul>