Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure — Unit test
Question 12 • CA-English Language Arts 11 B-CR
Read the sentence from Notes from a Native Son.As we drove him to the graveyard, the spoils of injustice, anarchy, discontent, and hatred were all around us.Which best explains why Baldwin chooses to describe the results of the riot in Harlem with the word “spoils”?
Answer
A
Baldwin uses the word “spoils” to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in humanity being at war with itself.
B
Baldwin uses the word “spoils” to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in a grand victory over injustice.
C
Baldwin uses the word “spoils” to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in ruining the day of his father’s funeral.
D
Baldwin uses the word “spoils” to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in a country that takes its wealth for granted.