DIRECTIONS: Read the selection, and answer the following questions.
The Tropics in New York
Claude McKay
Bananas ripe and green, and ginger-root,
Cocoa in pods and alligator pears,°
And tangerines and mangoes and grape fruit,
Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs,
5 Set in the window, bringing memories
Of fruit-trees laden by low-singing rills,
And dewy dawns, and mystical blue skies
In benediction° over nun-like hills.
My eyes grew dim, and I could no more gaze;
10 A wave of longing through my body swept,
And, hungry for the old, familiar ways,
I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.
2. alligator pears: avocados, tropical fruits. All the foods mentioned in this stanza grow in Jamaica, the Caribbean island where the poet was born.
6. rills: streams; brooks.
8. benediction: blessing.
The title of the poem, “The Tropics in New York,” is ironic because —
a.
it is a very unusual title for a poem
b.
sometimes it gets extremely hot in New York
c.
we don’t expect to find the tropics in New York
d.
the weather is a lot nicer in the tropics
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Ответ:
The title of the poem is ironic because C) we don’t expect to find the tropics in New York.
Explanation:
The title is oxymoron because as we know tropics never grew in New York and never will.
Ответ:
she does not know if the man is just sleeping, drunk or injured.
Explanation:
These sentences show different socio-psycological phenomenons.
The first sentence shows the diffusion of responsibility. Each person is less likely to take the responsibility of helping the woman in presence of other people. The second sentence shows weighing the risks and benefits of helping. Misha thinks that she is more likely to get hurt her if she stops the two large men from fighting.The third sentence demonstrates anonymity. Jasper thinks that the two people do not know his presence, therefore its not his responsibility to help them.Fourth sentence describes the fear of making social blunder. Shelby is scared of making a social mistake as she might not understand the actual reason why the man is lying on the sidewalk.