Two-Part Question
Multiple Choice Question
The following question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.
Part A:
Which statement describes two themes from the text?
A.
Two themes of the text are the freedom of independence and the importance of self-restraint.
B.
Two themes of the text are the relaxing nature of vacations and the importance of family.
C.
Two themes of the text are the terrifying power of nature and the importance of family.
D.
Two themes of the text are the love shared in marriage and the support offered by friends.
Multiple Choice Question
Part B:
Which line from the text BEST supports your response in Part A?
A.
There was not one but was ready to follow when he led the way. He did not lead the way, however, he directed the way; and he himself loitered behind with the lovers, who had betrayed a disposition to linger and hold themselves apart.
B.
It was unlike him not to. Of late he had sometimes held away from her for an entire day, redoubling his devotion upon the next and the next, as though to make up for hours that had been lost.
C.
There were strange, rare odors abroad—a tangle of the sea smell and of weeds and damp, new–plowed earth, mingled with the heavy perfume of a field of white blossoms somewhere near. But the night sat lightly upon the sea and the land. There was no weight of darkness; there were no shadows.
D.
She had not gone any great distance—that is, what would have been a great distance for an experienced swimmer. But to her unaccustomed vision the stretch of water behind her assumed the aspect of a barrier which her unaided strength would never be able to overcome.
Part A: A. Two themes of the text are the freedom of independence and the importance of self-restraint.
Part B: D. She had not gone any great distance—that is, what would have been a great distance for an experienced swimmer. But to her unaccustomed vision the stretch of water behind her assumed the aspect of a barrier which her unaided strength would never be able to overcome.