Evaluate the non-fiction text. Excerpt of "Master of Disaster, Ignatius
Donnelly"
By Carl Abbott
The day after Donnelly's senatorial bid failed, he
began work on his second bestseller book. He had
ended Ragnarok with a tacked-on assault on the
evils of capitalism and many other beliefs. Caesar's
Column, which appeared in April 1890 from an
obscure Chicago publisher after New York houses
wouldn't touch it, took the ills of capitalism head-
on. It sold an impressive sixty thousand copies in
nine months, gained three English editions, and was
translated into German, Swedish, and Norwegian
Which of the following
questions would be most
helpful when finding details to
support the main idea?
A. What was Donnelly's favorite method
of publication?
B. What is the origin of the printed press?
C. How did Donnelly's second book on the
evils of capitalism receive such critical.
acclaim?
D. What does anti-monopoly mean?