Answer:
Question 1:
C. The value of progress and the beauty and power of machines
Question 2:
A. Sectionalism
the author convinces the reader that the match was the most wonderful thing in the world by telling the reader about the history of the match and how fire became. The text supports this by saying "John Walker, a druggist in a small English town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. The druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. It is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. Although Walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. It could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions.".
B I think !!
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