Question 797 • Crowley Credit Recovery Algebra II B
Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.In the early nineteenth century Japan had been effectively closed off from the world for 200 years. It had simply opted out of the community of nations.Kings are burning somewhere,Wheels are turning somewhere,Trains are being run,Wars are being won, Things are being done In the early nineteenth century
Answer
I
It gives the reader detailed information about the subject that will be discussed at length in the passage.
I
It makes the reader wonder how the quotation from the poem relates to the topic of the passage.
I
It interests the reader into figuring out what was happening in Japan over 200 hundred years ago.
I
It makes the reader understand the cultural atmosphere in Japan in the early nineteenth century.
Explanation
The poem describes activity happening around the world, while the excerpt says Japan had withdrawn from contact with other nations. That contrast invites readers to wonder how the poem connects to Japan’s isolation and what the passage will explain. Choice B best describes this effect; the poem does not give detailed information about Japan itself.
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