Question

Read the following excerpt from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.

Now you must be content to skip ten or eleven whole years, and only guess at all the wonderful life that Mowgli led among the wolves, because if it were written out it would fill ever so many books. He grew up with the cubs, though they of course were grown wolves almost before he was a child, and Father Wolf taught him his business, and the meaning of things in the jungle, till every rustle in the grass, every breath of the warm night air, every note of the owls above his head, every scratch of a bat’s claws as it roosted for a while in a tree, and every splash of every little fish jumping in a pool, meant just as much to him as the work of his office means to a business man.

Which description best reflects the pace of this excerpt?

A. The excerpt is written in short sentences that move events along quickly.
B. There are many events in this excerpt that move along quickly.
C. The excerpt contains a lot of action described in long sentences.
D. The longer sentences in this excerpt provide many descriptive details.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. The longer sentences in this excerpt provide many descriptive details.

Explanation:

In this excerpt from "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), many long sentences are used to describe how Mowgli was brought up with wolves in the jungle.

Option A is incorrect as the sentence used in the excerpt are long and not short.

Option B is not correct, because the excerpt states a single event (may be a set of sub-event), which is bringing up of Mowgli in childhood.

Option C is incorrect because the description given is hardly any action. They are just details describing Mowgli's childhood.

Answer 2

Answer:

D

Explanation:

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