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QuizMultiple Choice

Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments

Question 12 • MO-English Language Arts 10 B-CR

Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll’s House.Nurse: Oh well, young children easily get accustomed to anything. Nora: Do you think so? Do you think they would forget their mother if she went away altogether?Nurse: Good heavens!—went away altogether?Nora: Nurse, I want you to tell me something I have often wondered about—how could you have the heart to put your own child out among strangers?Nurse: I was obliged to, if I wanted to be little Nora's Nurse.Nora: Yes, but how could you be willing to do it?Nurse: What, when I was going to get such a good place by it? A poor girl who has got into trouble should be glad to. Besides, that wicked man didn't do a single thing for me.

Answer
A
“Oh well, young children easily get accustomed to anything."
B
“Do you think they would forget their mother if she went away altogether?”
C
“How could you have the heart to put your own child out among strangers?”
D
“I want you to tell me something I have often wondered about”
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