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This passage is adapted from Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (1901)

The nature of these vast retail combinations, should they ever permanently disappear, will form an interesting chapter in the commercial history of our nation. Such a flowering out of a modest trade principle the world had never witnessed up to that time. They were along the line of the most effective retail organization, with hundreds of stores coordinated into one, and laid out upon the most imposing and economic basis. They were handsome, bustling, successful affairs, with a host of clerks and a swarm of patrons. Carrie passed along the busy aisles, much affected by the remarkable displays of trinkets, dress goods, shoes, stationery, jewelry. Each separate counter was a show place of dazzling interest and attraction. She could not help feeling the claim of each trinket and valuable upon her personally and yet she did not stop. There was nothing there which she could not have used—nothing which she did not long to own. The dainty slippers and stockings, the delicately frilled skirts and petticoats, the laces, ribbons, hair-combs, purses, all touched her with individual desire, and she felt keenly the fact that not any of these things were in the range of her purchase. She was a work-seeker, an outcast without employment, one whom the average employé could tell at a glance was poor and in need of a situation.

The main purpose of the passage is to ________________.

contrast the prosperity that is represented in the store with Carrie's poor economic condition

explain why Carrie is currently living in poverty

explain why Carrie feels such a sense of disgust when she enters the store

argue that department stores should be replaced by smaller specialty stores

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The main purpose of the passage is to ________________.

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explain why Carrie is currently living in poverty

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explain why Carrie feels such a sense of disgust when she enters the store

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argue that department stores should be replaced by smaller specialty stores

Correct answer:

contrast the prosperity that is represented in the store with Carrie's poor economic condition

Explanation:

Carrie is amazed by the wonders of the department store, "She could not help feeling the claim of each trinket and valuable upon her personally," yet she is aware that she cannot afford to buy any of these goods until she has a job.

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1 Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress. 2 Her hand and wrist were so finely formed that she could wear sleeves not less bare of style than those in which the Blessed Virgin appeared to Italian painters…

3 Miss Brooke's plain dressing was due to mixed conditions, in most of which her sister shared. 4 The pride of being ladies had something to do with it: the Brooke connections, though not exactly aristocratic, were unquestionably "good:" if you inquired backward for a generation or two, you would not find any yard-measuring or parcel-tying forefathers—anything lower than an admiral or a clergyman; and there was even an ancestor discernible as a Puritan gentleman who served under Cromwell, but afterwards conformed, and managed to come out of all political troubles as the proprietor of a respectable family estate. 5 Young women of such birth, living in a quiet country-house, and attending a village church hardly larger than a parlor, naturally regarded frippery as the ambition of a huckster's daughter.

What is the primary purpose of this passage?

To advance an argument

To question a preconceived notion

To establish character

To develop an authorial voice

To introduce a counterargument

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What is the primary purpose of this passage?

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To advance an argument

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To question a preconceived notion

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To develop an authorial voice

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To introduce a counterargument

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To establish character

Explanation:

Every sentence in this passage is devoted to providing information about Miss Brooke. Whether it’s discussing her beauty, her clothing, her ancestry, her current social standing, or her opinions, each sentence develops the personality and appearance of Miss Brooke. This is a prime example of sustained characterization.

Passage adapted from George Eliot’s Middlemarch (1871)

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