[ A ] made an important contribution
[ B ] insisted that he choose writing as a career
[ C ] opposed his becoming a writer
[ D] insisted that he read Hamlet in order to learn how to be a writer
52. The author believes that he became a writer mostly because of _________.
[A] his special talent [B] his father's teaching and encouragement
[C] his study at Harvard [D] a hidden urge within him
53. The author _________,
[A] began to think of becoming a writer at Harvard
[ B ] had always been successful in his writing career
[ C ] went to Harvard to learn to write plays
[ D ] worked as a newspaper man before becoming a writer
54. The author really started on his way to become a writer _________.
[A] when he was in high school [B] when he was studying at Harvard
[ C ] when he lived in London [ D ] after he entered college
55. A conclusion we cannot safely draw (based upon this passage) about the author's life in
1926 is that _________.
[A] he was unmarried
[B] he was miserable about having his plays rejected
[C] he lived in a house like all the other houses around him
[D] he started his first novel