Question

1. what theme does the quote above capture?

a. racism has made it impossible to escape poverty, leading those within the black community to hate the white community.
b. internalizing white standards leads people to develop impossible fantasies that cause them to reject reality.
c. intergenerational racism often begins in the workplace because of the unequal power dynamic at work.
d. one should sacrifice their self - love for the comfort that comes with conforming to white standards.

1. in the passage above, morrison uses:

a. personification to emphasize the dehumanisation of pauline
b. satire to highlight the fantasy pauline escapes into when at work
c. metaphor to criticise the fishers (her employers) and their racist treatment
d. olfactory imagery to juxtapose her feelings at work and at night.

1. pauline feels all of the following emotions when working at the fishers home except

a. pride
b. calmness
c. relief
d. outrage

1. as used in the second sentence, \dingy\ most closely means

a. neglectful and abusive
b. dirty and run - down
c. old, but beautiful
d. hateful, but necessary

Explanation:

For question 4, we analyze the meaning of "dingy". The word "dingy" typically refers to a place or thing that is dirty and in a run - down condition. Option a refers to neglectful and abusive, which is not the meaning of "dingy". Option c says old but beautiful, which is incorrect as "dingy" has a negative connotation related to dirtiness, not beauty. Option d says hateful but necessary, which is also not related to the meaning of "dingy". So the correct option is b.

Answer:

b. Dirty and run - down