PART A: Which of the following best summarizes a theme in the story?
A. Love, especially when it is immoral, cannot overcome true evil.
B. Everyone has the capacity for evil, but it takes strength to forgive rather than
take revenge.
C. Revenge is justified when a person is betrayed by someone they trusted.
D. Industrial progress degrades one’s humanity and respect for life.
2. PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “‘None of these men of iron have,’ he said sententiously. ‘They have no hearts.’”
(Paragraph 4)
B. “Raut half fancied still that the incident was trivial after all. But Mrs. Horrocks
knew her husband better” (Paragraph 35)
C. “Was he deluding himself with his own fancies, or had Horrocks actually held
him back in the way of the train? Had he just been within an ace of being
murdered?” (Paragraph 67)
D. “Abruptly, at the sight, the ironmaster’s anger passed. A deadly sickness came
upon him… His sanity returned to him.” (Paragraph 91)