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QuizMultiple Choice

A Nation Dividing and Expanding: Civil War, Regionalism, and Realism — Test

Question 16 • Language Arts 11

Read "Like Brothers We Meet” and "Elegy for the Native Guards.” How do these poems address the sufferings of war differently?

Answer
A
Horton’s poem expresses how war unites people over shared experiences, while Trethewey’s poem expresses how war creates separation.
B
Horton’s poem describes how soldiers fight wars with their families, while Trethewey’s poem describes how war makes people strangers.
C
Horton’s poem suggests that sufferings will come to an end, while Trethewey’s poem suggests how they last beyond the war’s end.
D
Horton’s poem emphasizes that the sufferings of war are physical, while Trethewey’s poem emphasizes that the sufferings are deeply psychological.
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