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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Impact of the Industrial Age

Question 1 • SS221 World History/Geography A

In this passage, what animals does Dickens compare smoke and machinery to?

Answer
A
a serpent and an elephant
B
a chimney and a monster
C
a black canal and a steam-engine
D
a piston and an elephant

Explanation

Dickens describes the smoke rising from the factory chimneys as serpents. He compares the steam-engine’s moving piston to an elephant’s head moving up and down, so the animals are a serpent and an elephant.

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