Question

The passage below (paragraph 5) adds to the development of the essay mainly by showing .

I nodded along as Anna spoke, pulling textbooks from my backpack and stacking them in my locker where the poetry collection I had written for third period English sat visibly on the bottom shelf. “SMERSH” the title of the collection said, which was also the name of Stalin’s counterintelligence agency. Below it was the subheading, “Death to Spies.” It was 1990, and though the Cold War had recently smashed into pieces, wall by wall, mallet by mallet, we still spoke its language. It was no surprise to me that things like the USSR, KGB, dead drops, poisoned lipsticks and perestroika would find their way into the stanzas of my electric typewriter-printed pages.
Answer choices for the above question

A. that Jabeen wants to be a poet when she grows up

B. that Jabeen is friends with Anna

C. that this passage takes place in 1990

D. that Russian spies are an active concern among Jabeen and the other students at her sch

Answer 1

The passage adds to the development of the essay mainly by showing **D. that Russian spies are an active concern among Jabeen and the other students at her school**. The reference to Stalin’s counterintelligence agency and terms related to espionage indicates that the themes of spying and the political climate of the time are significant to Jabeen and her poetry.