This question is missing the excerpt. I've found the complete question online. It is as follows:
Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night.
Meir Katz remained on the train. The last day had been the most lethal. We had been a hundred or so in this wagon. Twelve of us left it. Among them, my father and myself.
The author’s main purpose in this excerpt is to show that ______
A) few survived the horrific train ride.
B) the author and his father were safe.
C) Meir Katz was not as strong as he seemed.
D) Meir Katz was left behind to remove the dead.
Answer:
The author’s main purpose in this excerpt is to show that A) few survived the horrific train ride.
Explanation:
This excerpt makes one clear point. It's main purpose is to show how horrific the train ride was, especially its last night. Out of a hundred people who had been in the wagon, only 12 left. The author does mention that him and his father were safe. Yet, the most important piece of information - and the most shocking one - is how many people died. Therefore, letter A is the best option.
In line with Margaret Chase Smith's <em>Declaration of Conscience (1950), </em>the privilege of congressional immunity is described as an irony. Margaret posits that it is an irony that senators can in a debate, in the senate, impute to any American, who is not a senator, any legal action and having any legal redress against them but they can not do the same against any individual pertaining to the Senate. In other words, Senators found themselves with the power to verbally attack anyone without restraint and with full protection but ironically they are prevented from doing so among them. She describes this event as an abuse of individual power and privilege.
B because it sums up the entire paragraph not just 1 or 2 key points
The sentences that express the same ideas are:
"Blake organized the successful fundraiser, and he raised money for a local food bank."
"A successful event, Blake's fundraiser raised money for a local food bank."
These two sentences combine the sentences "Blake organized the successful fundraiser" and "Blake raised money for a local bank food.".
The meaning of the sentences combined is the same.
The motivation was to raise money for the local bank food, and to get that, Blake organized a fundraiser. The event was successful and Blake raised the money for the local food bank.
distress = dismay
perdition=eternal punishment
green = grassy area
guile = cunning
