Information and IdeasHardQuotation supporting a reading of a poem
Information and Ideas practice question
A student argues that the speaker of a poem feels more at home in the city at night than during the day.
Which quotation from the poem would best support the student's claim?
- A. 'By day the streets belong to others; / at night the city hands me back its keys.'Correct
- B. 'The traffic never stops, at noon or midnight.'
- C. 'I was born three streets from where I stand.'
- D. 'The morning market fills with voices I know.'
Answer: A. 'By day the streets belong to others; / at night the city hands me back its keys.'
Day belongs to others; night gives the speaker 'the keys'. That is exactly the day-night contrast the student claims.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'The traffic never stops, at noon or midnight.'
- Constant traffic doesn't distinguish day from night for the speaker.
- C. 'I was born three streets from where I stand.'
- Being born nearby says nothing about day versus night.
- D. 'The morning market fills with voices I know.'
- Familiar voices in the MORNING market would suggest the speaker is at home by day — the opposite.
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