Question

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.
Part A
Which theme is explored in both poems?
• Innocence is lost during adolescence.
Adolescence comes with many challenges.
Mothers experience high frustration with teens.
( Parents have it easier than adolescents do.
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Multiple Answer
1 point
Part B
Which two excerpts from the selections best support the answer to Part A?
There is nothing I want to do / and too much / that has to be done
("Hanging Fire," lines 19-21)
A deep, resonant voice answers when I call home. /
My child is gone -
("Summer of His Fourteenth Year," lines 1-2)
Intermittent impulses, quickly sated, / rarely fill his emptiness, / never end his searching.
("Summer of His Fourteenth Year," lines 12-14)
Wailing guitars weave a cocoon / as he sits cross legged in a recess of his room,
("Summer of His Fourteenth Year," lines 15-16)

Answer 1

**Part A**
The theme explored in both poems is:
- Adolescence comes with many challenges.

**Part B**
The two excerpts that best support the answer to Part A are:
1. "There is nothing I want to do / and too much / that has to be done"
("Hanging Fire," lines 19-21)

2. "Intermittent impulses, quickly sated, / rarely fill his emptiness, / never end his searching."
("Summer of His Fourteenth Year," lines 12-14)