Analyzing Word Choice and Author’s Purpose in Short Stories — Quiz
Question 7 • CMS 2026-2027 English II CREDIT RECOVERY
Part 2 Which quotation best supports the correct answer to Part 1?
Answer
A
“‘You are lazy,’ said the Eldest Magician. ‘So your children shall be lazy. They shall be the laziest people in the world. They shall be called the Malazy—the lazy people;’”
B
“‘No,’ said the Man. ‘If I am to be lazy all my days, let the Sea work for me twice a day for ever. That will save paddling.’”
C
And the Rat of the Moon stopped biting the line; and the Fisherman let his line down till it touched the Sea, and he pulled the whole deep Sea along, past the Island of Bintang, past Singapore, past Malacca, past Selangor, till the canoe whirled into the mouth of the Perak River again.
D
“See now that you pull the Sea twice a day and twice a night for ever, so that the Malazy fishermen may be saved paddling.”