Question

1. part a: how does paragraph 7 contribute to the development of ideas in the text?

a. it shows how heartless the ss was because it knew the prisoners wouldnt survive the death marches.

b. it shows how strong prisoners were because many were able to survive the treacherous marches.

c. it proves how desperate the ss was to hide their crimes because it went to extreme means to kill prisoners.

d. it proves how difficult it was to survive marches because prisoners often faced life threatening conditions.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Focuses on SS's heartlessness, but the key in such texts (likely about Holocaust death marches) is more on SS's attempt to hide crimes or prisoner survival challenges.
• Option B: Says many survived, but death marches were extremely deadly, so this is inaccurate.
• Option C: SS used death marches (extreme means) to kill prisoners to hide their crimes (as camps were being liberated, they wanted to eliminate evidence), which aligns with historical context.
• Option D: Talks about survival difficulty, but the question is about idea development in the text; hiding crimes (SS's motive) is a key idea in Holocaust narratives about death marches.

Answer:

C. It proves how desperate the SS was to hide their crimes because it went to extreme means to kill prisoners.