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Analyzing Literary Adaptations — Quiz

Question 9 • Literature and Composition I

Read the excerpt from "The Flood” by James Baldwin. After that, it was only a short time until the whole country was laid bare, and the trees shook their leafy branches in the wind, and the fields were carpeted with grass and flowers more beautiful than in the days before the flood. But Deucalion and Pyrrha were very sad, for they knew that they were the only persons who were left alive in all the land. At last they started to walk down the mountain side towards the plain, wondering what would become of them now, all alone as they were in the wide world. . . . "We should like, above all things,” said Deucalion [to Mercury], "to see this land full of people once more; for without neighbors and friends, the world is a very lonely place indeed.” What does Baldwin suggest about community in his adaptation?

Answer
A
Humans will learn to depend on those living with them.
B
Living with loss is better than living alone.
C
Living in small groups brings about good changes.
D
Humans are happiest living with others.

Explanation

Deucalion and Pyrrha are sad because they are the only people left, and Deucalion says the world is lonely without neighbors and friends. His wish to see the land full of people again suggests that humans are happiest when they can live and connect with others. The best answer is “Humans are happiest living with others.”

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