Question

Undercover"
by Dr. Howard Markel
After talking her way into the city room of the New YorkWorld, she impressed the editors there enough to leavewith a plum assignment: “I was asked by the World if Icould have myself committed to one of the asylums forthe insane in New York, with a view to writing a plainand unvarnished narrative of the treatment of thepatients therein.”
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A)
Use the excerpt from the “How Nellie Bly wentundercover to expose abuse of the mentally ill”article to answer the question.
Why might the author have decided to includethis quote by Bly?
(1 point)
to show that Bly was capable of manipulating
others to get what she needed
to show that Bly was an earnest reporter and
was committed to reporting the truth
to show that Bly was a more talented
reporter than those who worked at the paper
to show that Bly was unclear about whether
she could ever find out the truth of what was
going on at the asylum

Answer 1

to show that Bly was an earnest reporter and was committed to reporting the truth

The quote shows she persuaded editors to let her go undercover to get an honest, unvarnished account of asylum treatment.