Question 1 (2 points) Saved
1. Reread this quotation from the passage: “…each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love, each absorbs New York with the fresh yes of an adventurer, each generates heat and light to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company.”

How does the hyperbole toward those who choose to settle in New York City affect tone of the essay?

Question 1 options:

It expresses an admiring tone.

It expresses an indignant tone.

It creates a scornful tone.

It creates a comforting tone.

Question 2 (2 points)
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2. Which quotation from the essay helps to create a hopeful tone in "Here is New York"?

Question 2 options:

“It is this third city that accounts for New York’s high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements."

“. . . a boy arriving from the Corn Belt with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart. . ."

“Irving Berlin’s journey from...the lower East Side...was like going three times around the world.

“They...never see the extravagant plantings of Rockefeller Center—the daffodils and grape hyacinths and birches and the flags trimmed to the wind on a fine morning in spring."

Question 3 (2 points)
3. Read this sentence: “Second, there is the New York of the commuter—the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night.”

How does the figure of speech “devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night” affect the passage?

Question 3 options:

It compares the number of New York commuters to an insect invasion.

It describes the way commuters use and abuse what the city has to offer.

It describes that habits of an insect population that plagues New York.