Question
MANNY (looking pale and sickly): There’s more mint in the garden if you’re partial to tea.
KRESS: Oh, no thanks. Wait. Manny, mint upsets your stomach. It always has, and Dr. Bertie confirmed just last week you’ve got an intolerance. Don’t tell me you—
MANNY (stubbornly): No doctor’s going to tell me what kind of tea I can or can’t drink! No, sir. My body is my temple. And what I say… what I say…
KRESS: Goes?
Manny holds his hand over his mouth and nods miserably.
KRESS: Manny, you don’t even like mint. You know that, right?
Use the passage to answer the question.
How does the playwright use satire to create an effect?
(1 point)
Responses
by exposing a deep personal flaw of a character
by exposing a deep personal flaw of a character
by giving the situation an unexpected outcome
by giving the situation an unexpected outcome
by having a character say something they do not mean
by having a character say something they do not mean
by sharing information the characters do not have with the audience
KRESS: Oh, no thanks. Wait. Manny, mint upsets your stomach. It always has, and Dr. Bertie confirmed just last week you’ve got an intolerance. Don’t tell me you—
MANNY (stubbornly): No doctor’s going to tell me what kind of tea I can or can’t drink! No, sir. My body is my temple. And what I say… what I say…
KRESS: Goes?
Manny holds his hand over his mouth and nods miserably.
KRESS: Manny, you don’t even like mint. You know that, right?
Use the passage to answer the question.
How does the playwright use satire to create an effect?
(1 point)
Responses
by exposing a deep personal flaw of a character
by exposing a deep personal flaw of a character
by giving the situation an unexpected outcome
by giving the situation an unexpected outcome
by having a character say something they do not mean
by having a character say something they do not mean
by sharing information the characters do not have with the audience
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The playwright uses satire to create an effect **by exposing a deep personal flaw of a character**. In this passage, Manny's stubbornness and denial about his intolerance to mint highlights a personal flaw, which is both humorous and absurd. This allows the audience to see the absurdity of his refusal to listen to medical advice, thereby satirizing the tendency some people have to ignore their health for the sake of personal preference.