Question

This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.

Part A

Which sentence best describes the author's attitude toward Isber?

1. The author hopes to achieve as much in his own life as Isber achieved.

2. The author admires Isber but also believes he was a complicated person.

3. The author feels gratitude to Isber but questions the purity of his motives.

4. The author believes Isber was wrong to send his children away to America.

Part B

Which two sentences from the passage best develop the attitude identified in Part A?

1. "In Old Marjayoun, in what is now Lebanon, Isber Samara left a house that never demanded we stay or enter at all." (Paragraph 2)

2. "After years of trying to piece together Isber's tale, I like to imagine his life in the place where the fields of the Houran stretched farther than even the dreamer he was-a rich man born of a poor boy's labors could grasp." (Paragraph 2)

3. "Did he see us in years ahead, adrift, climbing the cracked steps and opening his doors?" (Paragraph 4)

Part B

Which two sentences from the passage best show the development of the correct answer in Part A?

1. "The Arabic language evolved slowly across the millennia, leaving little undefined, no nuance shaded." (Paragraph 1)

2. "Isber Samara left it for us, his family, to join us with the past, to sustain us, to be the setting for stories." (Paragraph 2)

3. "By the time the photo of Isber and his family was taken, he was forty or so, but I am drawn more to the Isber that he became a father, no longer so ambitious, parted from his children, whom he sent off to America to save their lives." (Paragraph 4)

4. "The residence stands in Hayy al-Serail, a neighborhood once as fine as any in the region, an enclave of limestone, pointed arches, and red tile roofs." (Paragraph 6)

5. "We use the full name, a bow of respect, since for us the place was the beginning." (Paragraph 8)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Part A

The correct answer is: 2. The author admires Isber but also believes he was a complicated person.

Part B

The two sentences that best develop the attitude identified in Part A are:

2. "After years of trying to piece together Isber's tale, I like to imagine his life in the place where the fields of the Houran stretched farther than even the dreamer he was-a rich man born of a poor boy's labors could grasp." (Paragraph 2)

3. "Did he see us in years ahead, adrift, climbing the cracked steps and opening his doors?" (Paragraph 4)