Question

"No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theatre of war; concealed in the forest at the bottom of that military rat-trap, in which half a hundred men in possession of the exits might have starved an army to submission, lay five regiments of Federal infantry." Which BEST describes the image created by the author in this sentence? A. An unforgiving environment surrounds hapless regiments in a forest glade. B. Hundreds of men starve to death as fifty men keep supplies from entering their camp. C. Like tragic theater, Federal regiments are held captive by a few Union soldiers. D. Surrounded by cliffs, Federal soldiers starve because there is only one road to their camp.

Answer 1

I would have to say B.

It says in the passage that Hundreds of men are starving.

It also says "In which half a hundred men in possession of the exits might have starved an army to submission, lay five regiments of Federal infantry."