Question

what is most likely a theme of these lines (stanzas 3-4)?
my grandmother knows one culture—the right one,
as do these matrons of the middle west. for them,
my grandmother might as well have been squatting
in the mud over a rusty tin in vaguely tropical squalor
a. the grandmother thinks her culture is inferior to american culture.
b. the women are ashamed of american culture.
c. we tend to believe our own culture is superior.
d. we tend to believe other cultures are superior to our own.
ccss: rl9-10.2

Explanation:

• Option A: The text shows the matrons' view, not the grandmother thinking her culture is inferior. Eliminate A.
• Option B: The matrons see their own culture as "the right one", not ashamed of American culture. Eliminate B.
• Option C: The grandmother and the matrons each consider their own culture as the right/superior one, showing a tendency to believe one's own culture is superior. This matches.
• Option D: The text shows people think their own culture is superior, not others'. Eliminate D.

Answer:

C. We tend to believe our own culture is superior.