Question 10 • 2025/26 IGC-English II - Prescriptive
Which excerpt from The Great Fire supports the theme that people sometimes disregard others in chaotic situations?
Answer
A
Others weren't so lucky. In the rush and panic, a number of people either lost their footing or were accidentally pushed from the sidewalk and into the busy street.
B
Frantic animals — stray horses and cows, dogs and cats, and even rats — ran wild, causing increasingly more confusion.
C
An exhausted Chamberlin came to the Randolph Street Bridge and discovered “a torrent of humanity pouring over the bridge.”
D
It did come under my notice that some cartmen worked for whatever the sufferers felt able to pay. . . .