Question

Which quotation most accurately explains why Anna Quindlen wrote “A Quilt of a Country”?

A. “What is the point of a nation in which one part seems to be always on the verge of fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and straights, left and right, Pole and Chinese and Puerto Rican and Slovenian?”

B.“Perhaps they understand it at this moment, when enormous tragedy, as it so often does, demands a time of reflection on enormous blessings.“

C.“There is that Calvinist undercurrent in the American psyche that loves the difficult, the demanding, that sees mastering the impossible, whether it be prairie or subway, as a test of character,...”

D.“These are the representatives of a mongrel nation that somehow, at times like this, has one spirit.”

Answer 1

B.

Step-by-step explanation:

"A Quilt of a Country" is an article written by Anna Quindlen after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on America. It is a commentary that Anna wrote about the happenings of America. In her article, she writes about the problems of racissm that was prevailing in the America and diversification of the States. She states that, how when a country have an enemy, though they are diversified and having the problems of discrimination, they still stand together as one country.

So, the quotation that best explains the purpose of writing "A Quilt of a Country" is, Option B.

Answer 2

B. “Perhaps they understand it at this moment, when enormous tragedy, as it so often does, demands a time of reflection on enormous blessings.“

Step-by-step explanation:

'A Quilt of a Country' was composed by Pulitzer-prize winner Anna Quindlen for Newsweek following the September 11, 2001, events on America. The reason behind this article is that regardless of the decent variety that can make a great deal of issues inside urban communities crosswise over America, assorted variety fills in as a tribute to what makes America unique.