Question

question 6 of 10
which sentence best explains the significance of the novel’s title, the grapes of wrath?

a. steinbeck lived on a winery of the same name in california.

b. steinbeck compares the migrants’ anger to growing fruit.

c. the farmers drink the wine made from sour grapes and get angry.

d. in the last chapter, the personified grapes show their fury for not being picked.

Explanation:

• Option A is incorrect as Steinbeck's connection to a winery with that name is not relevant to the title's significance.
• Option B is correct. In "The Grapes of Wrath", Steinbeck uses the metaphor of grapes (fruit) to represent the growing anger of the migrant workers, as their frustration and rage build like fruit growing and ripening.
• Option C is incorrect as there is no such plot element about farmers drinking wine from sour grapes to get angry.
• Option D is incorrect as the last chapter's personified grapes are not about their fury for not being picked; the title's significance is about the migrants' anger.

Answer:

B. Steinbeck compares the migrants’ anger to growing fruit.