Part A According to “My Possessions, Myself,” how are heirlooms different from other things that represent “self”?
A. Heirlooms represent people who lived long ago.
B. Heirlooms are only slightly important to our sense of self.
C. Heirlooms are items that people possess that improve with age.
D. Heirlooms help enlarge our individual sense of identity by including other people.
Part B
Which quotation from the article provides the best support for the answer to Part A?
A. Heirlooms, for example, can represent and extend a family's sense of identity, while public buildings, monuments, and parks help us develop regional and national identities.
B. What we possess is, in a very real way, part of ourselves. Our thoughts and our bodies are normally the most central part of our self-concept.
C. The fact that jewelry, weapons, and domestic utensils are found in prehistoric burial sites is evidence that we have long considered possessions as part of the person, even after death.
D. Is the fact that we are what we possess desirable or undesirable? There is no simple answer, but certain advantages and disadvantages seem evident. Among the advantages is that possessions provide a sense of the past.