ISEE Reading Question 332: Answer and Explanation
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Question: 332
1. The first paragraph of the passage establishes a mood of
- A. awe and disbelief
- B. desperate longing
- C. cautious optimism
- D. heartfelt pity
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
A is correct. The constant repetition of “gone” and “wiped out” in lines 11−21 serves to emphasize the author’s inability to believe that such devastation could possibly occur. “San Francisco is gone… . Its industrial section is wiped out. Its business section is wiped out. Its social and residential section is wiped out. The factories and warehouses, the great stores and newspaper buildings, the hotels and the palaces of the nabobs, are all gone.” Choices B, C, and D are wrong because there are no words in the paragraph that support a mood of desperate longing, cautious optimism, or heartfelt pity.