Part A Which statement best reflects the central idea of the article?
A. Gladiatorial fights were a gruesome precursor to today’s stadium sports.
B. The book The Hunger Games is based on the ancient gladiatorial battles.
C. The Hunger Games compare to gladiatorial fights in the way that participants had to choose survival
above all else.
D. Both gladiatorial fights and the Hunger Games required fighters to change their morals, becoming beast-like.
Part B
Select two pieces of evidence from the technical article that support the answer to Part A.
A. Sponsors paid large sums of money to finance the contests.
B. Yet they all knew at some point that they might have to choose between brotherhood and life.
C. Just as Peeta and Katniss fought to the death, gladiators did the same in the dusty arenas of ancient Rome.
D. “You’ve got to go through it to get to the end of it.” –Hunger Games tribute
E. Gladiators trained much like modern-day athletes, with medical care and three meals a day
provided, regardless of their former class or rank.

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