The Ground Beneath her Feet

1. The passage as a whole can primarily be characterized as the narrator’s:

• A. explanation of the relationship the narrator and his parents had with the city of Bombay.
• B. description Bombay.of important buildings and locations in
  
• C. argument for Bombay’s prominence in the world
• D. of concerns architecture.about the emotional environment in which the narrator was raised.
  

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2. The narrator describes the photos by Bombay’s first great photographers as primarily inspiring the narrator to:

• F. turn away from a career in photography.
• G. Create gand panoramas of te new Bombay
• H. Produce images that his father would add to his collection. 
• J. Photograph subjects that depct everyday life on Bombay's streets. 

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In lines 25-31, the narrator muses over, then rejects the notion that:

• Merchant & Merchant played an important role in the building of Bombay. 
• He started paying attention to Bombay at a young age. 
• C. His anticipated birth was one of the causes of the rush to finish the building of Bombay
• D. Bombay had been a gigantic building site in the years before he was born. 

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4. In ing lines literary 32–43, devices the to narrator describe uses Bombay?which of the follow-

• F. Allteration
• G. Allusion
• H. Personification
• J. Simile

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Which of the following statements best captures how the with narrator’s their work parents at the construction balanced their company?

• A. The narrator's mother did the majority of the work at the construction company, while the narrator's father took care of the narrator. 
• The narrator's parents traded off responsibility for taking care of the narrator and working at the construction company. 
• C. The narrator's father worked at his designing board, while the narrator's mother took the narrator along to building sites. 
• D. The narrator's parents both worked at the construction company, while the narrator stayed home with a babysitter. 

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As it is used in line 9, the word sweep most nearly means:

• Overwhelming victory
• Wide-ranging search
• complete removal
• broad area

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In the context of the passage, the primary function of lines 6-10 is to:

• Compare architectural landmarks in Bombay to those elsewhere. 
• Help illustrate how the term "art deco" was derived
• Contradict the idea that Bombay was in its golden age when teh narrator was a child. 
• provide examples of "Bombay Style" architecture in Rome. 

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The narrator as a child viewed the work his parents did for Merchant & Merchant with a strong sense of 

• F. Joy
• G. Fear
• H. Jealousy
• J. Respect

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9. As it is used in line 38, the phrase drew up most nearly means

• A. extended. 
• B. prepared
• C. approached
• D. Straightened

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10. In the last paragraph, the narrator's fatehr shows the narrator the photos of storefronts and piers in order to:

• F. teach the narrator about the commercial progress the people who work in Bombay have made. 
• Convince the narrator the Dayal and Haseler were Bombay's first great photographers. 
• H. clarify his claim that his photo collection was not about modern-day Bomay but rather about the early twentieth century. 
• illustrate that photos of places can reveal as much about the people who spent time there as photos of the people themselves. 

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