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Which statement best traces the development of a
central idea from one paragraph to the next?
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Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country."
America is an improbable idea. Amongrel nation built of
ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a
notion, the notion that all men are created equal though
everyone knows that most men consider themselves
better than someone. "Of all the nations in the world,
the United States was built in nobody's image," the
historian Daniel Boorstin wrote. That's because it was
built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the
crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art
forms, velvet and calico and checks and brocades Out
of many, one. That is the ideal.
The reality is often quite different, a great national
striving consisting frequently of failure. Many of the oft-
told stories of the most pluralistic nation on earth are
stories not of tolerance, but of bigotry Slavery and
sweatshops, the burning of crosses and the ostracism
O The first paragraph discusses the aspects of
American culture that unify Americans. The second
paragraph discusses the aspects of American
culture that tear Americans apart and cause friction
The first paragraph discusses the idea that
Americans are united as one despite their
differences. The second paragraph discusses the
idea that acts of intolerance make it difficult to believe
that Americans are united as one
The first paragraph discusses possible benefits to
living in a society like America. The second
paragraph discusses the disadvantages of living in a
society like America
O The first paragraph discusses the diversity of
American society and its mle in history. The second
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Answer 1

B) The first paragraph discusses the idea that Americans are united as one despite their differences. The second paragraph discusses the idea that acts of intolerance make it difficult to believe that Americans are united as one.

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Answer 2

O The first paragraph discusses the idea that Americans are united as one despite their differences. The second paragraph discusses the idea that acts of intolerance make it difficult to believe that Americans are united as one.

Step-by-step explanation:

Anna Quindlen's "A Quilt of a Country" is a commentary on the spirit of the American nation as a whole in dealing with enemies and uniting against a common enemy. The focus of this literary work is to emphasize how Americans unify against a foreign enemy while at times being discriminatory against an immigrant within themselves.

In the first paragraph, Quindlen presents a united American against a common enemy, fighting for a common aim despite their differences. But the second paragraph presents an idea of acts of intolerance that makes it hard to accept and understand how they can be united as one.

Thus, the correct answer is the second option.