"By the Waters of Babylon," Part 1: Analyzing Setting

Question 10 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 10

Which details best reveal the setting of the passage? Select two options.

Answer

“It is a great Dead Place—greater than any Dead Place we know.”

“Everywhere there are the ruins of the high towers of the gods.”

“I went carefully, my strung bow in my hand, my skin ready for danger.”

“I looked after it, and thought if it had trod me under, at least I would be safely dead.”

“When I had dried my bowstring and re-strung it, I walked forward to the Place of the Gods.”

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