Identify the choice that best answers the question.
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A
In “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World,” how does Old Musoni feel about the world beyond his homeland?
A. He longs to explore it.
B. He believes it is dangerous.
C. He does not think other places exist.
D. He believes a home can be made anywhere.
Part B
Which passage from “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World” most clearly supports the answer to Part A?
A. The white speck whose sound had disturbed his work and thoughts was far out at the edge of the yellow sky, near the horizon.
B. He saw nothing now but disaster and death for his son out there in the world.
C. Words are handles made to the smith’s fancy and are liable to break under stress.
D. And if there were a couple of ancestors who needed appeasement, he would do it while he was still around.
1 answer
Part A
In “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World,” Old Musoni feels about the world beyond his homeland:
B. He believes it is dangerous.
Part B
The passage from “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World” that most clearly supports the answer to Part A is:
B. He saw nothing now but disaster and death for his son out there in the world.
This choice clearly reflects Old Musoni's perception of the world beyond his homeland as dangerous.
