Question

1) Forty-nine are glad to ___ a hand.

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.C

7.A

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.C

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Answer 2

1) Forty-nine are glad to lend a hand.

D

2) Seventy-seven live in constant fear.

C

3) Half or more are savage in crowds.

C

4) The number of righteous people is a lot.

D

5) Unless

C

6) "And Yet the Books" 7-10. Using both kind of numbers gives the advantage of generating the idea of immortality in a strongest way. The poem states that even though human being perish, it doesn't happen the same to the books, so their teachings are eternal. As the author doesn't always use exact numbers, the idea of continuity is stronger.

7) The poem compares books to chestnuts.

A

8) Books survive in spite of planets in motion.

A

9) A buzzing flame licked away their letters.

B

10) Our frail warmth cools down with memory.

C

11) Could outrun

C