Impact of the Industrial Age Answers

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

a serpent and an elephant

a chimney and a monster

a black canal and a steam-engine

a piston and an elephant

What is the main idea that Dickens is making in this passage?

Industrialization had caused environmental pollution.

Workers in the Coketown factory faced difficult conditions.

Every building in Coketown looked the same, no matter its purpose.

People worked long hours for little pay.

How does Dickens describe the churches of Coketown?

All of the churches were made of red brick.

There were only three churches in town.

Everyone attended church, so they were tightly packed.

Every church had a steeple.

According to the passage, how do the workers of Lowell differ from those of Britain?

They are harder working because of the strong influence of their managers.

They have a larger manufacturing population in Lowell, so jobs are plentiful.

They are mostly women, whereas in Britain, only men work in factories.

They are daughters of farmers who only work in the factory for a few years.

Which of these generalizations does Dickens support in the passage?

The factories in Britain produce finer goods than the ones in Lowell.

The working and living conditions in Britain are far more miserable than in Lowell.

The factories in Lowell and Britain are very similar.

Both the British and American governments have worked to improve working conditions.

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