USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which sentence from Passage 1 provides evidence for the answer in Question #11?
A
“After Jefferson retired from public life to his beloved Virginia hilltop plantation, the garden ‘served as a sort of this experimental testing lab’ . . . .” (paragraph 1)
B
“. . . when blossoms appeared, and when the food should come to the table.” (paragraph 3)
C
“. . . ‘The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.”’ (paragraph 4)
D
“‘He once also wrote that if he failed 99 times out of 100, that one success was worth the 99 failures’ . . . .” (paragraph 6)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following explains the context clue in the passage that hints at the meaning of the word intolerably? Intolerably is an adverb that means “in a way that cannot be tolerated, or endured."

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the meaning of resonant as used in paragraph 3? “They’re so loud"

Detailed explanation-3: -In the letter, “The Whistle”, by Benjamin Franklin that was written to his friend, he expresses his ideals in life. The central theme of the letter is that people should stay on a middle path when it comes to luxuries.

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