There are 2 questions
question 1
which passage from “bringing jamie home” is not based on historical records or sources?
select one:
a. it was an old, bitter story, her cleaning black dust off boots and backs and scrubbing clothes that never came clean. it was yesterday’s sorrow that pinched her with worry about a boy with a mountain strapped to his back and a husband wheezing through the night.
b. the black grime was everywhere. once his face was clean of soot and blood, she inspected the deep gash above his ear, straight through to the skull, the bony cap no protection for a methane explosion.
c. jamie wasn’t the only loss. there were sixty men missing and a half-dozen boys—trappers, brakers and mule tenders.
d. he opened his mouth, ready to say something but she put her hand up, fair warning. she wanted nothing but quiet now, some peace in the moment.
question 2
which historically based details in “bringing jamie home” show the reader the situation of impoverished mining families?
select one:
a. it was old news, her fight about jamie taking to the mine, even if they needed the money and god knows, they did. it was an old, bitter story, her cleaning black dust off boots and backs and scrubbing clothes that never came clean. it was yesterday’s sorrow that pinched her with worry about a boy with a mountain strapped to his back and a husband wheezing through the night.
b. they brought jamie in and laid him on the kitchen table. gus mcmahon and russell price. big men, the two of them barrel chested, their sooty faces streaked with sweat, laid her boy down gentle, being careful with his head. one arm dangled over the table edge.
c. she watched the men shuffle out, then looked at cos standing now outside the door. he braced the doorframe, his long arms stretched up, hands on the head casing. his face was gray and ashy.
d. she stroked jamie’s cheek. she reached inside his pocket and pulled out the watch. gus had said it was undamaged but she immediately felt a divot in the back casing, the size of her thumb. she put the watch to her ear. a steady tick, tick, tick, sure as a heartbeat.

Answer 1:

The passage from “Bringing Jamie Home” is based on historical records or sources :

d) He opened his mouth, ready to say something but she put her hand up, fair warning. She wanted nothing but quiet now, some peace in the moment.

Thus, the correct option is D.

Answer 2:

The historically based details in “Bringing Jamie Home” show the reader the situation of impoverished mining families:

a. It was old news, her fight about Jamie taking to the mine, even if they needed the money and God knows, they did. It was an old, bitter story, her cleaning black dust off boots and backs and scrubbing clothes that never came clean. It was yesterday’s sorrow that pinched her with worry about a boy with a mountain strapped to his back and a husband wheezing through the night.

Thus, the correct answer is a.

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many scientists' predictions of climate change include: warmer temperatures, rising sea levels, and more frequent storms.

that is the wrong

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.