1.
PART A: Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text?
A Death may not a permanent state of being and can perhaps be reversed.
A person needs structure and support in order to form a good conscience and
proper identity.
Hatred should always be met with hatred, and injury met with revenge.
Playing with life is a power that corrupts and can have terrible consequences.
2.
PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?
"Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish
the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?" (Paragraph 1)
"There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or
assist me" (Paragraph 3)
"Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind."
(Paragraph 20)
*7 too can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry
despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him."
(Paragraph 32)