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Post Test: Leaving a Legacy
Olitary Summer
Arnim (adapted excerpt)
ter dinner, when we were in the
e alone for a whole summer, and get to
t to be as idle as I can, so that my soul
body shall be invited to stay with me,
all be told that I am out, or away, or
ths in the garden, and on the plain,
watch the things that happen in my
ave made mistakes. On wet days I will
of the forests, where the pine needles
when the sun shines I'll lie on the heath
ares against the clouds. I shall be
se there will be no one to worry me. Out
silence, and where there is silence I
peace."
dur feet damp," said the Man of Wrath
May Day, and the spring had taken hold
sky was full of stars, and the garden of
of wallflowers and sweet, sly pansies. All
eze, and all day slow masses of white
across the blue. Now it was so still, so
s, that it seemed as though a quiet hand
den, soothing and hushing it into silence.
at the foot of the verandah steps in that
which suffers fools, if not gladly, at least
front of him, leaning against the sun-
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Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
How does the idea that people disagree about the value of solitude develop over the course of the text?
First, the narrator and her husband
Then, the narrator
privately reflects on the nature of happiness and knows she will find joy in solitude
decides she can be happy as long as she is able to be with her husband
thinks about all that she hopes to leam from the fields and flowers during the summer