ELA Regents August 2018- Passage B

**Passage B**

The description of the pears in lines 1 through 11 helps to illustrate the

• (1) balance between stability and change

• (2) difficulty of recognizing imperfection

• (3) difference between perception and reality

• (4) importance of overcoming obstacles

The word “sating” as used in line 31 is closest in meaning to

• (1) indulging

• (2) blinding

• (3) sunning

• (4) endangering

The narrator’s conflict in lines 36 through 42 is resolved through

• (1) understanding the nature of humans

• (2) posing philosophical arguments

• (3) accepting the cycle of the seasons

• (4) questioning religious beliefs

The narrator in the poem can best be described as

• (1) hopeful and excited

• (2) dejected and alienated

• (3) impulsive and carefree

• (4) reflective and resigned