(The questions are about Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour")
1. Part A
Answer: D
Explanation: Escaping the pressure of marriage and dependency is the central theme here; we are presented with this revelation somewhat unexpectedly, during the climax of Mrs. Mallard's grief in digesting the new of her husband's death. Although a Feminist element is obviously present, equality of men and women (option A) is not the author's concern here. Option B, while true in itself, misses the central theme completely. Option C goes completely against the message: she would not have needed her husband's death to feel free if that was the case.
2. Part B
Answer: C
Explanation: This is the highest point in the narrative: exploding through the storm of grief over her husband's untimely death comes a burst of imagination about the freedom she would enjoy in the following years.
3. Part A:
Answer: D
Explanation: The parting clouds represent her feeling of being oppressed by the will of her husband for years, leaving only the freedom represented by a boundless blue sky.
4. Part B:
Answer: C
Explanation: In this phrase, we see how the author represents the feeling of freedom as something creeping out of the sky, reaching her through the sensory impressions of the spring.
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delicate condition is the most likely answer
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A combination of a verb and an adverb or a verb and a preposition, or both, in which the combination has a meaning different from the meaning of the words considered separately : "Catch on " is a phrasal verb meaning of understand.
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The reason Jonas removed the apple from the recreation area in the first place was because it seemed to change while he was throwing it to Asher. Jonas had randomly selected an apple from the snack basket and threw it at Asher. In the middle of playing catch, Jonas noticed that the apple was changing in mid-air.
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It was approaching 3 pm, and I went to the first (but probably the worst) person near me. Kaleb Danner. Kaleb is the type of kid everyone knows for good and bad reasons. He used to be a model kid, good grades, extremely polite, and always put others before himself on every occasion. Sadly, due to his parental neglect, he began to sink into the deep dark abyss of living out this "hood mentality." I still love him as a brother because of his invaluable advice of navigating almost every aspect of high school even though we were the same age.
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