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Information and Ideas practice question
A critic claims that the novel presents the boarding house as a place where privacy is impossible.
Which quotation from the novel most effectively illustrates the claim?
- A. "The walls passed on every cough, and by breakfast the whole house knew who had cried in the night."Correct
- B. "Each lodger had a key to a room of their own."
- C. "The landlady served supper at six and cleared it at seven."
- D. "The house stood at the end of a quiet street."
Answer: A. "The walls passed on every cough, and by breakfast the whole house knew who had cried in the night."
Every cough passed on; the whole house knows.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "Each lodger had a key to a room of their own."
- Suggests privacy.
- C. "The landlady served supper at six and cleared it at seven."
- A routine, not a lack of privacy.
- D. "The house stood at the end of a quiet street."
- The street, not the house.
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