A Jury Of Her Peers 1. PART A: Which of the following best describes a central
theme of the text?
A)Love and friendship are important but ultimately
unnecessary parts of life.
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B) Women are often underappreciated and
underestimated.
C) Death is difficult to face and grief can cause people a
good deal of stress.
D) Resilience is needed when living in difficult
conditions, but if one has it they can face anything.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile