What evidence from the novel The War of the Worlds supports the theme that human vanity can lead to trouble?A.But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminous disks — like eyes.B.It required a certain amount of scientific education to perceive that the grey scale of the Thing was no common oxide, that the yellowish-white metal that gleamed in the crack between the lid and the cylinder had an unfamiliar hue.C.The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety — their mathematical learning is evidently far in excess of ours — and to have carried out their preparations with a well-nigh perfect unanimity.D.No writer up to the very end of the nineteenth century expressed any idea that intelligent life might have developed there far, or indeed at all, beyond its earthly level.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What evidence from the novel The War of the Worlds supports the theme that humans are too vain and shouldn't take their safety for granted?A.The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety — their mathematical learning is evidently far in excess of ours — and to have carried out their preparations with a well-nigh perfect unanimity.B.We must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its inferior races.C.It required a certain amount of scientific education to perceive that the grey scale of the Thing was no common oxide, that the yellowish-white metal that gleamed in the crack between the lid and the cylinder had an unfamiliar hue.D.No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 9 of 10What evidence from the novel The War of the Worlds supports the theme that humans are too vain and shouldn't take their safety for granted?A.It required a certain amount of scientific education to perceive that the grey scale of the Thing was no common oxide, that the yellowish-white metal that gleamed in the crack between the lid and the cylinder had an unfamiliar hue.B.No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable.C.We must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its inferior races.D.The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety — their mathematical learning is evidently far in excess of ours — and to have carried out their preparations with a well-nigh perfect unanimity.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Both the novel and radio versions of The War of the Worlds have which theme in common?A.Martians have superior technology and weapons.B.Human vanity can cause a lot of problems.C.People shouldn't believe everything they hear on the radio.D.Humans will someday be wiped out because of their greed.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

In The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, what first draws the narrator's attention to the arriving Martians?A.He stumbles upon a crashed Martian in his backyard.B.His friend Ogilvy notices flashes coming from Mars.C.He has an unusually vivid dream about the Martians.D.His sister goes missing on the day the Martians arrive.

The planet Mars, I scarcely need remind the reader, revolves about the sun at a mean distance of 140,000,000 miles, and the light and heat it receives from the sun is barely half of that received by this world.H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898What is the tone of the passage?A.Jealous and resentfulB.Funny and jokingC.MiserableD.Calm and intelligentSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS