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1) You are writing a paper about the playwright Henrik Ibsen, and you are using the following source: Jones, Madison. Truth-teller: Henrik Ibsen as Prophetic Playwright. Berkeley: Harper's, 2003. Print.

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You are writing a paper about the playwright Henrik Ibsen, and you are using the following source:
Jones, Madison. Truth-teller: Henrik Ibsen as Prophetic Playwright. Berkeley: Harper's, 2003. Print.
You want to use a direct quotation from the following passage on page 23) from Jones' book in your essay.
Henrik Ibsen is best known as the Father of Dramatic Realism and as the creator of powerful, dynamic female roles.
Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw was a famous champion of Ibsen, giving several lectures on the Norwegian
playwright and arguing that schools and colleges should be studying Ibsen rather than the far inferior and yet more
well-known playwright, William Shakespeare.
Which answer choice uses a direct quotation from this passage most effectively?
A)
Madison Jones praises Ibsen as 'the creator of powerful, dynamic female
roles' (23)
B)
"Henrik Ibsen is best known as the Father of Dramatic Realism and as the
creator of powerful, dynamic female roles."
George Bernard Shaw was not a fan of Shakespeare and instead in his
lectures liked to praise Ibsen as a greater playwright (Jones 23).
D)
This book says that "Henrik Ibsen is best known as the Father of Dramatic
Realism and as the creator of powerful, dynamic female roles."