The Transcontinental Railroad,end bold,
paragraph 1,In 1863, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroad companies began constructing a railroad to connect the east and west coasts of the United States. Building the transcontinental railroad was a huge project. Thousands of workers were required, and the work was hard and dangerous.
paragraph 2,After it was completed, the railroad brought many changes. A trip across the country now took a week, not several months. Towns and cities on the railway line grew and prospered.
from ,begin bold,The Road-Builders,end bold,
The track, this double line of rusty steel, had so absorbed the energy of all of them that it seemed now, to his inexperience, the complete outward expression of their lives. He could think of little else. When not engrossed by the actual work, his thoughts were ranging beyond, far into the deeper significance of it. Crowding on the heels of the constructors would come settlers. Already mushroom towns were pushing up along the line behind them. . . . Thinking these things, Young Van could not forget that they five—Paul Carhart, John Flint, Old Van, Harry Scribner, and himself—were bringing it about. They were breaking the way, pioneers of the expansion of a restless, mighty people.
(from ,begin underline,The Road-Builders,end underline, by Samuel Merwin)
Question
"The Transcontinental Railroad" gives a history of the building of the transcontinental railroad.
How is that history ,begin emphasis,most,end emphasis, clearly used in the fictional ,begin italics,The Road-Builders,end italics, passage?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
to develop a plot based on the accomplishments of the railroad workers
2.
to portray the railroad workers as characters who believe in a valuable mission
3.
to include facts that make the experiences of the railroad workers seem more real
4.
to convey the theme of loneliness by describing the feelings of the railroad workers