The Roaring Twenties, Modernism, and Postwar Outlooks — Test
Question 22 • TPS EdX English Language Arts 11
Read the excerpt from Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz . Thrown off balance, struggling to keep from falling into the abyss below, I plummeted out of reach. Rolling down the steep incline, I grabbed at tree branches to break my fall as they ripped the mittens from my hands. Biting my tongue, I splashed into a stream with no cushion but ice-covered boulders. The silence of the night shrank. Icy water crept into my clothes. Our ears pricked up for the sound of rudely woken dogs in the nearby kennels. There was the sound of water dripping off my elbows. Neither of us dared move or breathe. No dogs barked. Which best describes the impact of this excerpt that reflects Gelissen’s decision to tell her story in memoir form?
Answer
A
It provides an objective and detached account of a major historical event.
B
It provides a unique and personal perspective on a significant historical event.
C
It provides a variety of personal accounts of World War II and the Holocaust.
D
It provides a history of the key events of World War II and the Holocaust.
Explanation
A memoir recounts events from the author’s own life, giving readers an individual, personal perspective. Gelissen describes her fall and the danger she and her sister faced through vivid details such as the ice-covered boulders, freezing water, and listening for the dogs. This makes the excerpt a personal account of the Holocaust, not a collection of different accounts, a detached report, or a broad history of the war.
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