Passage 1 2017/2018

The passage as a whole can primarily be characterized as the narrator's:

• explanation of the relationship the narrator and his parents has with the city of Bombay.

• description of the important buildings and locations in Bombay.

• argument of Bombay's prominence in the world of architecture.

• concerns about the emotional environment in which the narrator was raised.

The narrator describes the phots by Bombay's first great photographers as primarily inspiring the narrator to:

• turn away from a career in photography.

• creat grans panoramas of the new Bombay.

• produce images that his father would add to his collection

• photograph subjects that depict everyday life on Bombay's streets.

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.

• his anticipated birth was one of the causes of the rush to finish the building of Bombay.

• Bombay had been a gigantic building site in the years before he was born.

In lines 32-43, the narrator uses which of the following literary devices to describe Bombay?

• Aliteration

• Allusion

• Personification

• Simile

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

• 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.

• The narrator's father worked at his designing board, while the narrator's mother took the narrator along to building sites.

• The narrator's parents both worked at the construction company. while the narrator stayed home with the babysitter.

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

• Overwhelming victory

• wide-ranging search

• complete removal

• broad area

In the context of passage, the primary function of lines 6-19 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 the narrator was a child.

• provide examples of "Bombay style" architecture in Rome.

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

• joy; the work provided the family with enough money to live extravagant lives.

• fear; the narrator knew his parents were often so exhausted they were careless about safety.

• jealousy; the work pulled the narrator's parents away from him and directed their attention to the city.

• respect; his parents were known for their quality workmanship throughout the city.

As it is used in line 38, the phase drew up most nearly means:

• extended

• prepared

• approached

• straightened

In the last paragraph, the narrator's father shows the narrator the photos of storefronts and piers in order to;

• teach the narrator about the commercial progress the people who work in Bombay have made.

• convince the narrator that Dayal and Haseler were Bombay's first great photographers.

• clarify his claim that his photo collection was not about modern-day Bombay but rather about the early twentieth century

• illustrate that phots of places can revel as much about the people who spent time there as photos of the people themselves.