Writing a Literary Analysis through the Lens of a Quotation — Unit test
Question 5 of 15 • *English 9 (World Lit) Sem 2 Summer
Which pieces of textual evidence support the inference that the codebook was of high importance? Select 2 options.
Answer
O
On several occasions Room 40 received an unexpected but welcome gift when a German codebook was recovered after a sea battle and presented to the British code breakers.
O
One such gift was a codebook from the German ship Magdeburg, a light cruiser that ran aground on an island off of Finland.
W
When Russian ships quickly bore down on the cruiser, the captain of the stranded ship immediately did what all naval officers were taught to do: he ordered his signalman to bring him the ship's codebook so he could throw the book, wrapped in lead covers, into the sea.
B
But before the signalman could deliver the book to his captain, he was killed by Russian guns.
W
When the Russians recovered his body, the sailor was still clutching the codebook in his arms.