Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct ones:

1. A. Patrick White, Christina Stead and Robertson Davies are famous Australian novelists.
2. B. The notion of 'civilized barbarity' was anticipated in H. Rider Haggard's 1887 novel Allan Quatermain, in which civilization is said to be 'only savagery silver-gilt'.
3. C. Novels like The French Lieutenant's Woman, Midnight's Children and Waterland deconstruct traditional notions of history and subjectivity.
4. D. Edna O'Brien's Country Girls trilogy and McGahern's The Dark, which were banned in Ireland, were published during the 1950s.
5. E. The trauma of the mid-century years accounts for the prevalence of dystopian elements in novels like A Clockwork Orange, Lanark and The Handmaid's Tale.

1. AA, C and D only
2. BA, B and D only
3. CB, C and E only
4. DB, C and D only

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Correct answer: C. B, C and E only

Explanation

A is wrong: Robertson Davies is Canadian. D is wrong: The Country Girls appeared in 1960 (trilogy to 1964) and The Dark in 1965 — the 1960s. B, C and E are correct.