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Information and Ideas practice question
A critic argues that the novel's opening chapter creates a sense of foreboding before anything bad has happened.
Which quotation from the chapter would best support the critic's claim?
- A. 'The house was quiet, the garden was in flower, and still Anna found herself counting the doors as though she might one day need to know the quickest way out.'Correct
- B. 'The lilacs had come early that year, filling the lane with scent.'
- C. 'Anna set the table for six, as she did every Sunday.'
- D. 'The village was famous for its cheeses and for very little else.'
Answer: A. 'The house was quiet, the garden was in flower, and still Anna found herself counting the doors as though she might one day need to know the quickest way out.'
Quiet house, flowering garden, and a mind counting exits: unease with no cause yet.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. 'The lilacs had come early that year, filling the lane with scent.'
- Pure pleasantness, nothing ominous.
- C. 'Anna set the table for six, as she did every Sunday.'
- Routine without unease.
- D. 'The village was famous for its cheeses and for very little else.'
- A light joke about the village.
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