Directions
Read the passage.
Information
,begin italics,In this passage, set in England during the 1800s, the main character, Tess, and a young man, Angel, are taking fresh milk from a rural dairy farm to the nearest train station, from which the milk will be taken to London and sold.,end italics,
from ,begin bold,Tess of the d'Urbervilles,end bold,
They crept along towards a point in the expanse of shade just at hand at which a feeble light was beginning to assert its presence, a spot where, by day, a fitful white streak of steam at intervals upon the dark green background denoted intermittent moments of contact between their secluded world and modern life. Modern life stretched out its steam feeler to this point three or four times a day, touched the native existences, and quickly withdrew its feeler again, as if what it touched had been uncongenial.
They reached the feeble light, which came from the smoky lamp of a little railway station; a poor enough terrestrial star, yet in one sense of more importance to Talbothays Dairy and mankind than the celestial ones to which it stood in such humiliating contrast. The cans of new milk were unladen in the rain, Tess getting a little shelter from a neighbouring holly tree.
Then there was the hissing of a train, which drew up almost silently upon the wet rails, and the milk was rapidly swung can by can into the truck. . . .
"Londoners will drink it at their breakfasts to-morrow, won't they?" she asked. "Strange people that we have never seen."
"Yes—I suppose they will. Though not as we send it. When its strength has been lowered, so that it may not get up into their heads."
"Noble men and noble women, ambassadors and centurions, ladies and tradeswomen, and babies who have never seen a cow."
"Well, yes; perhaps; particularly centurions."
"Who don't know anything of us, and where it comes from; or think how we two drove miles across the moor to-night in the rain that it might reach 'em in time?"
(from ,begin underline,Tess of the d'Urbervilles,end underline, by Thomas Hardy)
Question
The author's belief that the modernization of farming practices leads to rootlessness and a sense of isolation is shown in the passage.
Which quote from the passage ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, supports this viewpoint?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
"They reached the feeble light, which came from the smoky lamp of a little railway station; . . ."
2.
"Then there was the hissing of a train, which drew up almost silently upon the wet rails, and the milk was rapidly swung can by can into the truck."
3.
"'Londoners will drink it at their breakfasts to-morrow, won't they?' she asked. 'Strange people that we have never seen.'"
4.
"'Yes—I suppose they will. Though not as we send it. When its strength has been lowered, so that it may not get up into their heads.'"