Read the following description:In a short story, an inventor creates a treatment that allows people to escape death by natural causes. It is extremely popular and makes him rich and famous. However, after seeing those who use the treatment grow unhappy, the inventor decides not to use it himself, and he dies a natural death at an old age, satisfied with his life.Which statement best describes how the themes of this passage interact?A.Community is more important than individual achievement, and greed takes many forms, some of them unseen.B.Playing God is dangerous, and even the things that one thinks are desirable sometimes turn out not to be.C.It is important to maintain perspective on what really matters, and people often turn crises to their own advantage.D.The results of one's actions are not always immediately seen, and change happens in small increments.

Read the following description:A scientist agrees to work for a weapons manufacturer whose work she disagrees with, because doing so will pay her enough money to fund her research into a rare disease. She feels guilty about working with the company and resents the other employees there. Eventually, she learns that there are many other people at the company who disagree with its work but use it as a means to other ends.What are two literary themes that can be determined from the above description?A.It is important to live honestly, and it is best not to play God.B.Don't prejudge others, and moral decisions are not always clear.C.Progress is not always black and white, and it is more important to work for society than for oneself.D.A person can find meaning in a variety of ways, and it is important to be fulfilled by one's work.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read the following summary:A young student in a tough neighborhood is gifted intellectually but must shun the dangerous streets of his neighborhood in order to achieve academically. This results in his being lonely throughout school. He goes to college, but his social life has suffered, and he has few friends from his own neighborhood.Based on this passage, a reader is most likely to come to what conclusion about the story's themes?A.The author believes that human nature makes people social, and that only strong minds can overcome this natural instinct.B.The author believes that all achievement requires sacrifice, and that these sacrifices can be incredibly difficult.C.The author believes that achievement by an individual is good, but only if it is accompanied by social progress.D.The author believes that achievement made dishonestly is never satisfying, and that envy is a matter of perspective.

Why would a modernist author write about the consequences of greed when an author from the age of reason wrote a book with a similar theme? A. to emphasize how authors are unable to come up with new ideas in fiction writing B. to sell more copies of her book with a topic she knows is popular C. to ensure that no other modernist can write a book about the consequences of greed D. to put an end to the literary discussion about the consequences of greed E. to show how the consequences have changed or remained the same over time

What is the author's purpose in including the following paragraph in his argument about the dangers of human indifference to suffering?We are on the threshold of a new century, a new millennium. What will the legacy of this vanishing century be? How will it be remembered in the new millennium? Surely it will be judged, and judged severely, in both moral and metaphysical terms. These failures have cast a dark shadow over humanity: two World Wars, countless civil wars, the senseless chain of assassinations (Gandhi, the Kennedys, Martin Luther King, Sadat, Rabin), bloodbaths in Cambodia and Algeria, India and Pakistan, Ireland and Rwanda, Eritrea and Ethiopia, Sarajevo and Kosovo; the inhumanity in the gulag and the tragedy of Hiroshima. And, on a different level, of course, Auschwitz and Treblinka. So much violence; so much indifference.A.Wiesel is showing the audience that historical facts are sometimes inaccurate.B.Wiesel is showing the audience times he has suffered from indifference.C.Wiesel is showing how widespread the effects of indifference are.D.Wiesel is showing examples of times people were not indifferent to suffering.

What is the author's purpose in including the following paragraph in his argument about the dangers of human indifference to suffering?We are on the threshold of a new century, a new millennium. What will the legacy of this vanishing century be? How will it be remembered in the new millennium? Surely it will be judged, and judged severely, in both moral and metaphysical terms. These failures have cast a dark shadow over humanity: two World Wars, countless civil wars, the senseless chain of assassinations (Gandhi, the Kennedys, Martin Luther King, Sadat, Rabin), bloodbaths in Cambodia and Algeria, India and Pakistan, Ireland and Rwanda, Eritrea and Ethiopia, Sarajevo and Kosovo; the inhumanity in the gulag and the tragedy of Hiroshima. And, on a different level, of course, Auschwitz and Treblinka. So much violence; so much indifference.A.Wiesel is showing how widespread the effects of indifference are.B.Wiesel is showing the audience that historical facts are sometimes inaccurate.C.Wiesel is showing the audience times he has suffered from indifference.D.Wiesel is showing examples of times people were not indifferent to suffering.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS