Question

The text below was written in 1918: "Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." What social class does Eugene Debs sympathize with? A) the middle class B) prisoners C) the working D) class the upper class

Answer 1

The answer would be C) The working since in the text we can see that Eugene wanted to not be in the middle, but working since he said while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free, so not being free means working so there is the clue.