story name: "A Brook in the City" by Robert Frost, 1921.
This question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.
Part A
Which sentence best states the main theme of the poem?
Answer choices for the above question
A. The water running under the city is no longer clean.
B. People do not fear enough for their safety amid the dangers of city life.
C. The beauty of nature has been hidden and lost by the growth of a city.
D. An old house has never quite felt like part of the city that grew up around it.
Part B
Which lines from the poem best support the answer to the previous question?
Answer choices for the above question
A. The farm house lingers, though averse to square / With the new city street it has to wear (lines 1-2)
B. And made it leap my knuckle, having tossed / A flower to try its currents where they crossed. (lines 7-8)
C. The meadow grass could be cemented down / From growing under pavements of a town; (lines 9-10)
D. And all for nothing it had ever done / Except forget to go in fear perhaps. (lines 18-19)
Part A: C. The beauty of nature has been hidden and lost by the growth of a city.
Part B: A. The farm house lingers, though averse to square / With the new city street it has to wear (lines 1-2)