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Question 2 • TPS EdX English Language Arts 11

Which line from Anthem best illustrates how the author uses a dystopian setting to develop a theme?

Answer

I stand here on the summit of the mountain.

My hands . . . My spirit . . . My sky . . . My forest . . . This earth of mine . . .

I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity.

But such has been the story, for I have lived in the City of the damned, and I know what horror men permitted to be brought upon them.

Explanation

The dystopian City is presented as a place where people have allowed terrible oppression to happen. The phrase “what horror men permitted to be brought upon them” connects that setting to a warning about the consequences of surrendering freedom and individuality. Choice D best shows the setting helping develop a theme; the other lines mainly describe the natural world or the narrator’s uncertainty.

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