A Look at the Fast-Food Industry by Eric Schlosser
Question 10 • Initial Credit- Common Core English 11 1.0
Read the excerpts from The Namesake.Excerpt 1: But Gogol doesn’t want a new name. He can’t understand why he has to answer to anything else. “Why do I have to have a new name?” he asks his parents, tears springing to his eyes. It would be one thing if his parents were to call him Nikhil, too. But they tell him that the new name will be used only by the teachers and children at school. Excerpt 2: Mrs. Lapidus studies the registration form. She has not had to go through this confusion with the other two Indian children. She opens up the folder and examines the immunization record, the birth certificate. “There seems to be some confusion, Mr. Ganguli,” she says. “According to these documents, your son’s legal name is Gogol.”Which statement best tells how the main conflict in the first excerpt is different from the main conflict in the second excerpt?
Answer
A
The first excerpt illustrates a family conflict, while the second excerpt illustrates a personal conflict.
B
The first excerpt illustrates an internal conflict, while the second excerpt illustrates an external conflict.
C
The first excerpt illustrates an external conflict, while the second excerpt illustrates an internal conflict.
D
The first excerpt illustrates a personal conflict, while the second excerpt illustrates a family conflict.
Explanation
In the first excerpt, Gogol is struggling with his own feelings about being given a different name, which is an internal conflict. In the second excerpt, the disagreement arises between Mr. Ganguli and the school administrator over which name to use, making it an external conflict. Thus, the first excerpt is internal and the second is external.
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