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The bells are rung 'half-muffled' for a funeral: a leather pad on one side of each clapper makes every other strike soft, so the peal comes as a loud note answered by a faint one, like a voice and its echo.
According to the text, what does half-muffling do to the sound of the bells?
- A. It makes alternate strikes soft, so loud notes are answered by faint ones.Correct
- B. It silences the bells completely.
- C. It makes the bells ring faster.
- D. It lowers the pitch of every bell.
Answer: A. It makes alternate strikes soft, so loud notes are answered by faint ones.
Every other strike soft.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It silences the bells completely.
- They still ring.
- C. It makes the bells ring faster.
- Speed is not mentioned.
- D. It lowers the pitch of every bell.
- Pitch is not mentioned.
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