Question

Which excerpt alludes to a central idea of the passage: experiencing diversity leads to greater tolerance?

A. “. . . the students I teach are infinitely more worldly wise and accepting of differences than I was at their age.”

B. “My experience for the first 18 years of my life in Mississippi was very much limited to the company of people who looked and lived just like me.”

C. “For now, I feel like Quentin Compson from William Faulkner’s ‘Absalom!, Absalom!’, who, when asked ‘Why do you hate the South?’”

D. “After 24 years in Mississippi and six in Alabama, I’m moving to Ohio to teach at a boarding school.”

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Option A alludes to the central idea that experiencing diversity leads to greater tolerance. The statement suggests that the current students are more accepting of differences than the author was at their age, indicating that exposure to diversity has contributed to their increased tolerance.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

The excerpt that alludes to the central idea of the passage, which is that experiencing diversity leads to greater tolerance, is Option A: "the students I teach are infinitely more worldly wise and accepting of differences than I was at their age." This excerpt suggests that the experience of being exposed to diverse students has led the author to become more tolerant and accepting of differences.