Question

part b
select two excerpts from the passage that best support the correct answer from part a.

1. \this colony cannot be supplied with a sufficient quantity of paper for its own consumption, without the particular care of its inhabitants in saving rags\ (paragraph 10)

1. \they hereby are required immediately, to appoint some suitable person, in their respective towns, (where it is not already done) to receive in rags for the paper-mills\ (paragraph 11)

1. \the inhabitants of this colony are hereby desired to be very careful in saving even the smallest quantity of rags proper for making paper\ (paragraph 11)

1. \it is earnestly requested that the fair daughters of liberty in this extensive country would not neglect to serve their country by saving, for the paper mill in sutton, all linen and cotton-and-linen rags\ (paragraph 13)

1. \a bag hung up at one corner of a room would be the means of saving many which would be otherwise lost.\ (paragraph 13)

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each excerpt to see which support the need for colonists to save rags for paper (assuming Part A was about that):

1. Excerpt 1: Talks about needing colonists to save rags for paper supply.
2. Excerpt 2: About appointing people to collect rags, not directly saving.
3. Excerpt 3: Urges colonists to save even small rags for paper.
4. Excerpt 4: Asks daughters of Liberty to save rags for a mill.
5. Excerpt 5: About saving rags with a bag, not the broader need.

If Part A was about colonists needing to save rags for paper production, the best excerpts are 1 and 3 (or 1 and 4, depending on context). But from the focus on colonists’ role in saving:

• Excerpt 1 emphasizes the colony’s need for colonists to save rags for paper.
• Excerpt 3 directly urges colonists to save even small rags for paper.

Answer:

1. "this Colony cannot be supplied with a sufficient quantity of Paper for its own consumption, without the particular care of its Inhabitants in saving Rags" (Paragraph 10)
2. "the Inhabitants of this Colony are hereby desired to be very careful in saving even the smallest quantity of Rags proper for making Paper" (Paragraph 11)

(Note: If Part A was about a different topic, adjust. But based on the excerpts’ focus on saving rags, these two best support a claim about colonists’ need to save rags for paper.)