Question
in Chapter 7 and 8- Amari and The Night Brothers
2. Which passage most effectively establishes the setting of the narrative?
A) “The Vanderbilt Hotel is one of many cover businesses the Bureau uses both to fund and conceal our organization. The building rests on a natural magic wellspring, which allows us an everlasting power source for much of what we do here.”
B) “The hotel’s a bit froufrou for my tastes, but they have a killer cigar selection.”
C) “The lobby is huge, probably bigger than most people’s houses. The floor glistens like it’s permanently wet and tall paintings hang on the walls.”
D) “The hotel guests all look like really important people—men and women lounge on plush chairs, sipping drinks brought to them by waiters in clean white uniforms as music from the string quartet set up in front of the large fountain fills the lobby.”
2. Which passage most effectively establishes the setting of the narrative?
A) “The Vanderbilt Hotel is one of many cover businesses the Bureau uses both to fund and conceal our organization. The building rests on a natural magic wellspring, which allows us an everlasting power source for much of what we do here.”
B) “The hotel’s a bit froufrou for my tastes, but they have a killer cigar selection.”
C) “The lobby is huge, probably bigger than most people’s houses. The floor glistens like it’s permanently wet and tall paintings hang on the walls.”
D) “The hotel guests all look like really important people—men and women lounge on plush chairs, sipping drinks brought to them by waiters in clean white uniforms as music from the string quartet set up in front of the large fountain fills the lobby.”
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The passage that most effectively establishes the setting of the narrative is:
**A)** “The Vanderbilt Hotel is one of many cover businesses the Bureau uses both to fund and conceal our organization. The building rests on a natural magic wellspring, which allows us an everlasting power source for much of what we do here.”
This passage not only introduces the location (The Vanderbilt Hotel) but also provides critical context about its significance within the story's world, hinting at the magical elements and the underlying organization at play.
**A)** “The Vanderbilt Hotel is one of many cover businesses the Bureau uses both to fund and conceal our organization. The building rests on a natural magic wellspring, which allows us an everlasting power source for much of what we do here.”
This passage not only introduces the location (The Vanderbilt Hotel) but also provides critical context about its significance within the story's world, hinting at the magical elements and the underlying organization at play.