Question

e poem and answer the questions that follow.
erpt from the trail of ninety - eight
by robert service
describes events in the klondike gold rush of 1898.
of prospectors rushed to alaska and northwestern
year when they heard that gold had been

eapt from our benches. gold! we sprang from our
we wheeled in the furrow, fired with the faith of
, unfound, unfitted, far from the night and the
ve the clarion summons, followed the master-
old!

the sands of the sunland; men from the woods
est;
question 7 of 7

1. which sentence best compares \the trail of ninety - eight\

and \a new world\?
a. the poem relies heavily on emotions, while the
passage presents events in a matter - of - fact way
b. the end of the poem suggests there is more to
come, while the end of the passage brings the quest
to a conclusion.
c. in the poem, the speaker has a clear reason for
his quest; in the passage, the narrators reason is
not explained.
d. the speaker in the poem and the narrator of the
passage present a clear image of their characters
and personalities.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: The poem "The Trail of Ninety - Eight" (from the excerpt, with phrases like "fired with the faith" showing emotional language) likely uses emotional tone, while a passage like "A New World" (assuming it's a more factual narrative) would present events matter - of - factly. This matches the comparison.
• Option B: There's no indication from the given excerpt that the poem's end suggests more to come, so this is incorrect.
• Option C: The poem's speaker's reason (gold rush) is clear, but we don't know enough about "A New World" to say the narrator's reason is unexplained. This is not a strong comparison.
• Option D: The excerpt doesn't give enough info to say both present clear character images. So this is incorrect.

Answer:

A. The poem relies heavily on emotions, while the passage presents events in a matter - of - fact way