VOCABUL Reading Quiz
Question 5
Instructions
Read the question carefully and select the best answer
Which inference is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 3)?
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manades of
segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely Island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of
material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the comers of American society and finds himself an exile in his own
land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition
A Despite centuries of struggle, African Americans still suffer from discrimination in the 21st century
B. The United States is a vast ocean of material prosperity
C. This speech is a dramatization of the African American situation
D. The Emancipation Proclamation did not greatly improve the ves of all Arican Americans

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

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What aspects of a story the reader understand the authors purpose