Creating a Multimedia Presentation — Unit test

Question 1 • GA-Literature and Composition I CR

Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country."Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because of armed conflict and enemy attack. Terrorism has led to devastation—and unity.

Answer

Knowing that Quindlen has an Italian and Irish heritage helps the reader better understand her viewpoint, which is that all immigrants are the same.

Knowing that Quindlen compares the American people to a quilt helps the reader better understand her viewpoint of America as a melting pot.

Knowing that Quindlen lives in New York helps the reader understand that she lives in a multicultural environment.

Knowing that Quindlen wrote this piece after the 9/11 attacks helps readers understand her viewpoint, which is that tragedy unites people.

Explanation

The excerpt says that armed conflict and an enemy attack have brought citizens together, describing both devastation and unity. Knowing the piece was written after the September 11 attacks helps explain this viewpoint: shared tragedy can unite people. Choice D states that idea; the other choices focus on her heritage, metaphor, or location rather than the event emphasized in the excerpt.

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