2. PART B: Which quote from the text best supports the answer to part A?
A.
"The supposedly water tight compartments of the Titanic were not water tight
because of the non water tight condition of the decks where the transverse
bulkheads ended." (Paragraph 4)
B. "No general alarm was sounded, no whistle blown and no systematic warning
was given to the endangered passengers, and it was 15 or 20 minutes after the
collision before captain Smith ordered the Titanic's wireless operator to send
out a distress call." (Paragraph 9)
C. "Had assistance been promptly proffered, or had the wireless operator of the
Californian remained a few minutes longer at his post on Sunday evening that
ship might have had the proud distinction of saving the lives of passengers and
crew of the Titanic." (Paragraph 16)
D. "The senate passed a joint resolution extending the thanks of congress and
appropriating $1000 for a medal to captain Arthur H. Rostron of the Carpathia"
(Paragraph 27)