Information and IdeasEasyChoosing a quotation about a city at night
Information and Ideas practice question
In her memoir of 1950s New York, the pianist Ada Reyes describes the city as a place that never truly sleeps: ____
Which quotation from the work most effectively illustrates the claim?
- A. "At two in the morning the avenue still argued, laughed, and sang under the all-night neon."Correct
- B. "The library reading room closed promptly at six."
- C. "Snow made the rooftops into one long unbroken page."
- D. "He preferred the quiet of the botanical garden at dawn."
Answer: A. "At two in the morning the avenue still argued, laughed, and sang under the all-night neon."
The claim is that the city never sleeps; an avenue arguing, laughing, and singing at 2 a.m. illustrates exactly that.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "The library reading room closed promptly at six."
- A room closing early suggests the opposite of a sleepless city.
- C. "Snow made the rooftops into one long unbroken page."
- The snowy rooftops image is silent and still — not a city awake all night.
- D. "He preferred the quiet of the botanical garden at dawn."
- A character's taste for dawn quiet does not depict nighttime liveliness.
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