Why did the author decide to publish the book?
A.
to encourage other colonists
B.
to prove that she could do it
C.
to reveal her desperation
D.
to make money from it
Multiple Choice Question
Part B:
Which excerpt from the poem supports your answer?
A.
I washed thy face, but more defects I saw
B.
In better dress to trim thee was my mind
C.
And take thy way where yet thou art not known.
If for thy father askt, say, thou hadst none;
D.
And for thy mother, she alas is poor,
Which caused her thus to send thee out of door.
1 answer
Part A: Why did the author decide to publish the book?
The correct answer is C. to reveal her desperation.
Part B: Which excerpt from the poem supports your answer?
The excerpt that supports this answer is D. And for thy mother, she alas is poor, Which caused her thus to send thee out of door.
This shows her sense of desperation in sending her work out into the world, despite the imperfections she sees in it.
