Norman Gortsby sat on a bench in the Park, with his back to a strip of bush-planted sward, fenced by the park railings, and the Row fronting him across a wide stretch of carriage drive. Hyde Park Corner, with its rattle and hoot of traffic, lay immediately to his right. It was some thirty minutes past six on an early March evening, and dusk had fallen heavily over the scene, dusk mitigated by some faint moonlight and many street lamps. There was a wide emptiness over road and sidewalk, and yet there were many unconsidered figures moving silently through the half-light, or dotted unobtrusively on bench and chair, scarcely to be distinguished from the shadowed gloom in which they sat.

Question

Question
Use paragraph 1 from “Dusk” to answer the question.

Which phrases give a sense of the time of day? Select the two correct answers.

(1 point)
Responses

wide emptiness
wide emptiness

faint moonlight
faint moonlight

dotted unobtrusively
dotted unobtrusively

half-light
half-light

moving silently

Answer 1

The two phrases that give a sense of the time of day are:

1. faint moonlight
2. half-light

Answer 2

2. faint moonlight / half-light

Setting Quick Check

1. Which best describes the setting at the beginning of the story? Select the correct answers from the lists.
The setting of the story is a PARK in the EARLY PART OF THE EVENING

2. Which phrases give a sense of the time of day? Select the two correct answers.
faint moonlight / half-light

3. How does the setting influence Mr. Nuttel’s expectations about the interaction he is about to have?
He does not expect the visit among strangers to have much value.

4. How does the room shape Nuttel’s assumptions about the strangers who live here?
He assumes Mrs. Sappleton must either be married or widowed.

5. What assumption does Nuttel make about the setting in this moment?
He assumes nothing too tragic could happen here.

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