READING COMPREHENSIONSHE WAS THE FIFTH WOMAN TO WIN THE AWARD, WHICH

20. d. A scapegoat is one who is forced to bear the

the contrary is implied. The idea that nature is

blame for others or upon which the sins of a com-

made up of base and corrupt material or that it

munity are heaped. Choices b and c are wrong

will perish (choices c and d) are not in the passage.

because nowhere in the passage is it implied that

There is no evidence that Blake thought of the

Sula is a hero or leader, or even that “the Bottom”

world of the artist as fantasy (choice e).

has such a personage. Sula may be a victim (choice