In accordance with this rule, it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston had built the first prison-house, somewhere in the vicinity of Cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burial-ground, on Isaac Johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres in the old church-yard of King's Chapel. What is the meaning of this excerpt?

A. The prison and cemetery were built early, with the cemetery expanding in size from its original plot.
B. The prison was built near Cornhill, and the cemetery was built on an important man’s property.
C. Just as Puritans gathered at the prison, they also gathered at the cemetery and the church.
D. The forefathers of Boston chose the two most famous landmarks: the prison and the cemetery.

its A. the prison and cemetery were built early, with the cemetery expanding in size from its original plot.

The answer is A. The prison and cemetery were built early, with the cemetery expanding in size from its original plot.

Explanation:

We can see in the excerpt that the forefathers of Boston built the prison house as soon as they marked out the first burial ground which later grew as it “subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres”

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”