Comparing and Contrasting Two Versions of The War of the Worlds — Unit test

Question 4 • DBN LA 8-CR

Miss Prism. . . . The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.How does the epigram affect this scene?

Answer

It suggests the serious idea that tidy endings are uncommon in real life.

It explains the humorous idea that bad endings are usually happy.

It introduces the pessimistic idea that happy endings only happen in stories.

It reveals the optimistic idea that most endings are a good thing.

Explanation

Miss Prism gives a neat, simple definition of fiction: good characters get happy endings, while bad characters get unhappy ones. The contrast is funny, but it also points to a serious idea: real life does not always sort people and outcomes so neatly. Choice A captures that idea; choice B reverses what Miss Prism says about bad endings.

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