PART A: Which of the following best describes a theme of the text?

A
Progress comes from gradual change and cannot be sped up by radicals.
B
Leaders guide people to make changes in society that will benefit everyone.
C
Changes in society are not brought about by powerful leaders, but by common people.
D
Sometimes violence is needed to create change, because it will inspire people to act.

Read the excerpt from “man listening to disc.” to tommy potter for taking the time to join us on this breezy afternoon with his most unwieldy bass and to the esteemed arthur taylor who is somehow managing to navigate this crowd with his cumbersome drums. and i bow deeply to thelonious monk for figuring out a way to motorize—or whatever—his huge piano so he could be with us today. which of the following additional features would best enhance the reader’s understanding of this excerpt? a diagram showing the narrator’s route through the city a visual simulation of the man walking down the street audio samples of music by the specified musicians textbook chapters on the history of jazz musicians