THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (E).WHITMAN SUGGESTS THAT THE PEOPLEOF THE U...

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The correct answer is (E).

Whitman suggests that the people

of the United States accept the lesson of the past with calmness.

Read all answer choices

before making your selec-

The past informs and educates the present, choice (E). Choice

tion. If you jump too quickly

(D) has a subtle implication that the past is always with us,

to an answer, you may miss

while Whitman suggests that the past nurtures the present for a

a word or a nuance and

time and then disappears. Choices (A), (B), and (C) are incorrect

choose the wrong response.

restatements of the passage’s theme.

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