Out of Many, One: Rhetoric in The Gettysburg Address and "O Captain! My Captain!"
Question 3 • FL-1001070-M/J Language Arts 3 B-CR
of the tall woman, greenas dreams of forests and meadowswaiting for those who’d workeda thousand yearsyet never owned their own.Lands invadedwhen the earth became owned.Lands of those who followedthe changing Moon,knowledge of the seasonsin their veins.
Answer
A
Europeans should not have invaded the lands of American Indians.
B
Different ideas about ownership affected the experiences of European Americans and American Indians.
C
Both European Americans and American Indians dreamed of land ownership in America.
D
Land ownership was dependent on the moon and the knowledge of the seasons.
Explanation
The poem contrasts people who had worked the land for generations without owning it with the arrival of land ownership and invasion. It also describes the people’s close connection to the land and its seasons. This supports the idea that different beliefs about owning land shaped the experiences of European Americans and American Indians, choice B.
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