GMAT Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 1

Question : 38 of 100

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Without a doubt, one of America’s greatest science-fiction writers is Kurt Vonnegut, who has written dozens of stories and novels, including the masterpiece Slaughterhouse Five. Yet for decades, Vonnegut denied that what he was writing was science fiction. Today, however, Vonnegut embraces his rightful place as a master of the genre.
All of the following, if true, are helpful in accounting for the phenomenon described in this passage EXCEPT

early in Vonnegut’s career, science fiction was largely considered by critics to be an inferior genre.
Vonnegut did not want to be pigeonholed as a science-fiction writer.
as a young author, Vonnegut’s favorite writers were all science-fiction writers.
science fiction has become a legitimate literary genre.
science fiction has become an increasingly popular genre (for readers and writers alike) because of the increased importance of science and technology in our lives.

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