Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.GOODMANNow wait a minute! You just keep your distance there! What kind of nonsense is this? Because I've got a generator that works—what's that make me? Some kind of criminal or something? I don't know why the generator's working. It's just working, that's all!46. GROUP SHOT – ANOTHER ANGLE 46.As the people exchange looks. They've all arrived there on an emotion and when hit with a simple question of logic they can't answer.
Answer
A
“Now wait a minute! You just keep your distance there!”
B
“Because I've got a generator that works—what's that make me? Some kind of criminal or something?”
C
“I don't know why the generator's working. It's just working, that's all!”
D
They've all arrived there on an emotion and when hit with a simple question of logic they can't answer.
Explanation
The stage direction directly explains that the people have reached their conclusion through emotion, not sound reasoning. It says they cannot answer when faced with a logical question, showing that their suspicion is irrational. Choice D states this idea; the other choices are spoken lines from Goodman.
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