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Alice Walker’s *The Temple of My Familiar*, far from being a tight, focused narrative, is instead a circuitous novel that roams freely and imaginatively over a half-million...
- traditional, a chronological
- provocative, an insensitive
- forceful, a concise
- focused, an expansive
- circuitous, a discursive
Correct answer: circuitous, a discursive
Solution
The sentence contrasts a tight, focused narrative with one that roams freely and imaginatively. "Circuitous" means roundabout or indirect, and "discursive" means rambling or wide-ranging, which fits the context best. The other options do not match the intended contrast.
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