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Analyzing Theme Development in "New Chicago": Mastery Test
Departure"
by Sherwood Anderson
"Departure" is taken from Sherwood Anderson's novel Winesburg, Ohio, which is
made up of a series of tales that center around a young man named George Willard
and the various citizens of Winesburg Departure" the last section of the novel
describes George leaving his hometown to begin his adut life.
[1] Young George Willard got out of bed at four in the morning, it was Aprill and the
young tree leaves were just coming out of their buds. The trees along the residence
streets in Winesburg are maple and the seeds are winged. When the wind blows
they whirl crazily about, filling the air and making a carpet underfoot
[2] George came downstairs into the hotel office carrying a brown leather bag, His
trunk was packed for departure. Since two o'clock he had been awake thinking of
the journey he was about to take and wondering what he would find at the end of
his journey. The boy who slept in the hotel office lay on a cot by the door. His mouth
was open and he snored lustily George crept past the coat and went out into the
silent deserted main street. The east was pink with the dawn and long streaks of
light climbed into the sky where a few stars still shone
D] Beyond the last house on Trunion Pike in Winesburg there is a great stretch of
open fields. The fields are owned by farmers who live in town and drive homeward
at evening along Trunion Pake in light creaking wagons in the fields are planted
berries and small fruits. In the late afternoon in the hot summers when the road
and the fields are covered with dust, a smoky haze lies over the great flat basin of
land To look across it is like looking out across the sea in the spring when the land
is green the effect is somewhat different. The land becomes a wide green billiard
table on which tiny human insects toll up and down
14) AS through his boyhood and young manhood George Willard had been in the
habit of walking on Trunion Pake. He had been in the midst of the great open place
on winter nights when it was covered with snow and only the moon looked down at
him he had been there in the fall when bleak winds blew and on summer evenings
when the air vibrated with the song of insects. On the April morning he wanted to
go there again, to walk again in the silence. He did walk to where the road dipped
down by a little stream two miles from to
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Select the correct answer.
What is one way that the author develops a theme about new journeys?
OA
by creating a parallel between Winesburg and the city
OB
by casting a mild, gentle tone
OC
by describing George's immaturity
OD. by setting the story in the spring
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