Question
For once be careless, timid traveller, and utterly lose your way; wide-awake though you are, be like broad daylight enticed by and netted in mist.
Do not shun the garden of Lost
Hearts waiting at the end of the wrong road, where the grass is strewn with wrecked red flowers, and disconsolate water heaves in the troubled sea.
Long have you watched over the store gathered by weary years. Let it be stripped, with nothing remaining but the desolate triumph of losing all. What is the speaker's point of view about traveling?
1. Traveling may lead to feeling lonely and sad.
2. Appreciate both land and sea while traveling.
3. Embrace the discomfort that comes with traveling.
4. Traveling often brings about unforeseen problems.
Part B
Select two details from the poem that together best support the correct answer from Part A.
1. "For once be careless, timid traveller, / and utterly lose your way"
(Lines 1-2)
2. "be like broad daylight / enticed by and netted in mist." (Lines 3-4)
3. "where the grass is strewn with / wrecked red flowers, and disconsolate / water heaves in the troubled sea." (Lines 7-9)
4. "Long have you watched over the / store gathered by weary years."
(Lines 10-11)
Do not shun the garden of Lost
Hearts waiting at the end of the wrong road, where the grass is strewn with wrecked red flowers, and disconsolate water heaves in the troubled sea.
Long have you watched over the store gathered by weary years. Let it be stripped, with nothing remaining but the desolate triumph of losing all. What is the speaker's point of view about traveling?
1. Traveling may lead to feeling lonely and sad.
2. Appreciate both land and sea while traveling.
3. Embrace the discomfort that comes with traveling.
4. Traveling often brings about unforeseen problems.
Part B
Select two details from the poem that together best support the correct answer from Part A.
1. "For once be careless, timid traveller, / and utterly lose your way"
(Lines 1-2)
2. "be like broad daylight / enticed by and netted in mist." (Lines 3-4)
3. "where the grass is strewn with / wrecked red flowers, and disconsolate / water heaves in the troubled sea." (Lines 7-9)
4. "Long have you watched over the / store gathered by weary years."
(Lines 10-11)
Answers
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The correct answer from Part A is **3. Embrace the discomfort that comes with traveling.**
For Part B, the two details that best support this answer are:
1. **"For once be careless, timid traveller, / and utterly lose your way" (Lines 1-2)** - This suggests the idea of letting go of control and allowing oneself to be lost, indicating an embrace of the unexpected and uncomfortable aspects of travel.
2. **"be like broad daylight / enticed by and netted in mist." (Lines 3-4)** - This imagery implies being drawn into a situation that is unclear and uncertain, reinforcing the theme of embracing discomfort in the journey.
Together, these lines highlight the notion of losing oneself in the experience and finding value in the journey, even when it leads to discomfort or uncertainty.
For Part B, the two details that best support this answer are:
1. **"For once be careless, timid traveller, / and utterly lose your way" (Lines 1-2)** - This suggests the idea of letting go of control and allowing oneself to be lost, indicating an embrace of the unexpected and uncomfortable aspects of travel.
2. **"be like broad daylight / enticed by and netted in mist." (Lines 3-4)** - This imagery implies being drawn into a situation that is unclear and uncertain, reinforcing the theme of embracing discomfort in the journey.
Together, these lines highlight the notion of losing oneself in the experience and finding value in the journey, even when it leads to discomfort or uncertainty.