Question

3.
What does the phrase "ignited the long smoldering resentments" in paragraph 13 suggest about the black grassroots organizations?

A
Their discontent with apartheid had developed over time and the new laws only made their hatred of it even stronger.
B
They had a desire to attack government and burn down government buildings because of the new law.
C
They became jealous over the wealth of white men in South Africa and wanted some of the riches for themselves.
D
The new laws inspired a strange and sudden frustration with the South African government.

Answer 1

The phrase "ignited the long-smoldering resentments" in paragraph 13 suggests this about the black grassroots organizations: A. Their discontent with apartheid had developed over time and the new laws only made their hatred of it even stronger.

Meaning of Smoldering

When sentiments are said to be smoldering, it means that they had been existing in a suppressed state. So, the resentments of the people had been existing in a smoldering state.

So, the new laws by the black grassroots organizations fanned the existing flames of resentment in the people.

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