1. Part A: which, two of the following best identify the central idea of this article? “ the lost generation by Mike Kubic
A. Members of this particular generation were sometimes so disillusioned with the United States that they lent their support to violent and
ideologically reprehensible regimes.
B.Great aid was offered to the United States government by expatriates-turned-patriotic citizens of the country, who provided intelligence about
various European regimes.
C. Henry Miller's works most effectively encapsulated the spirit of the "Lost Generation," which revolved around rejecting tradition through the use of
obscenities.
D.The United States government was especially harsh in its treatment of treasonous authors who abandoned America in favor of living in Europe.
E. Many of the artists and creative geniuses who turned against their home country later abandoned radical ideals in favor of supporting the United States.
F. American writers, who became of a World War I were influenced by the carnage such that their work was universally gloomy and depressing.
2. Part B: which two phrases from the text best support the answers to part A?
A)” approved nothing beyond the human capacity for committing a boundless blunder, but it deeply affected a group of American writers” (paragraph 2)
B)” it was in this, the turbulent political arena of post-WWI Europe, where several paragons of the ‘lost generation’ were truly without a compass.” (paragraph 8)
C)” not as lucky as stein, who escaped all retribution, pound was arrested by the US Army in 1945, charged with treason” (paragraph 12)
D)” Steinbeck secretly offered his services to the CIA; it’s Director, Walter Bedell Smith, was eager to take him up on the offer” (paragraph 21)
E)” but as an author, a ruthless iconoclast, an intellectual rebel in an all-out war on societal Restraints and traditional values.”(paragraph 22)
F)” the same way some of his fellow expatriates shed their revolutionary politics: by embracing the values of their home in America.”(paragraph 26)
3. Part A: what does the word “Hedonistic” most closely mean at it is used in paragraph 5?
A) engaged in the selfish pursuit of pleasure; self-indulgent.
B) empty; unconcerned with meaning
C) directionless
D) compelling; captivating
4. Part B: which of the following phrases from paragraph 5 of the text Best supports the answer to part A?
A)” a fitting epithet”
B)” watch the running of the bull and the bullfights”
C)” Hemingway’s gloomy descriptive”
D) “one of his best and most enduring works”
5. How are the details presented about the various European political ideologies and regimes the American-born writers supported important and supporting the main idea of the passage?