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Which textual detail from life in the iron mills is most clearly connected to Rebecca Harding Davis‘s critique of working conditions for American laborers?
A. “Perhaps the weak, flaccid wretch had some stimulation in her pale life keep her up, some love or hope, it might be, or urgent need.”
B. “ Here and there a flicker of gaslighting in certain space of muddy foot walk and gutter”
C. Is Deborah hurry down the heavy rain the noise of these thousand engines sounded through the sleep and shadow of the city like far off thunder”
D. “ The road leading to the Mills had been quarried from the solid rock, which rose abrupt and bare on one side of the cinder covered road, while the river, sluggish in black, crept past on the other.”
E. “ White collagens filled with boiling fire, over which bent gasoline wretches stirring the strange brewing”
Which statement best explains why this description of the setting is important?
A. It reveals poor living conditions
B. It highlights wolf’s failing health
C. It conveys the danger of life in the mills.
D. It shows that workers have limited living space.
E. It shows that Deborah does not care about where she lives.
What aspect of the characterization in the excerpt is most important in conveying themes relating to the hard life of American labor?
A. The dialect of the characters
B. the physical description of the characters
C. the description of Deborah‘s inner strength
D. the relationship between Deborah and Hugh
E. the narrators relationship to the other characters
Which structural feature does Davis use to develop the plot?
A. Tension
B. Suspense
C. Resolution
D. Flashbacks
E. Introduction
The authors use of fire in the passage most likely symbolizes
A. Loss
B. Death
C. Physical pain
D. Endless work
E. Power struggle
Which of the following features from the passage is the best example of an innovative stylistic orformal feature that became common in American realist literature?
A. The exaggerated dialogue
B. stream of conscious narrative
C. the symbolic representation of Christianity
D. the minute descriptions of the natural world
E. The honest depiction of the effects of life in the mills
Which of the following is a feature of feminist critique used in this passage?
A. Representation of struggles specific women
B. depiction of a around, dynamic female protagonist
C. a character who challenges the norms related to class
D. A female character who makes an unconventional decision
E. inclusion of dynamic relationships between men and women
Which detail from the passage best shows the connection between the theme “American Llabor system leads to bodily suffering” and the characterization of Debra?
A. Deborah looks like a hunchback
B. Deborah shows kindness toward Hugh
C. Deborah has blue lips and watery eyes
D. Deborah shows gentleness to the little girl
E. Deborah is aching after working in 12 hour shift
Throughout the passage, there are several references to hands, such as “the hands of each mill.” What does this motif represent?
A. The way the machines work
B. the suffering of the workers
C. the dangers of working in the Mills
D. the struggles of the female workers
E. the workers as cogs in a bigger machine
What is the effective Deborah as foiled to the other women?
A. To develop Deborah as a character
B. to emphasize the lack of companionship among the women
C. to convey the hardship of the women experience
D. to serve as a contrast between personality types
E. to highlight the differences in various dialects
What is the effect of the narrators introduction?
A. It highlights the narrators bias
B. It emphasizes the urgency of the story
C. It informs readers that the narrator is the main character
D. It creates the sense that the narrator is recalling a memory
E. It conveys the sense of the story is based on real events
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