Question 1 (2 points)

A central theme of the text is "in the struggle of man against nature, nature always wins."

Question 1 options:
True
False
Question 2 (2 points)
The following piece of evidence supports the theme of "in the struggle against nature, nature will always win."

“It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe.” (Paragraph 3)

Question 2 options:
a) True
b) False
Question 3 (2 points)
PART A: What is the “trouble” with the man, according to the narrator?

Question 3 options:

a) The man lacks a youthful appreciation for nature.

b) The man does not have the necessary skills to survive.

c) The man does not seriously consider the potential dangers of nature.

Question 4 (2 points)
PART B: Which phrase from paragraph 3 best supports the answer to Part A?

Question 4 options:

a) "He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances"

b) "all this—the mysterious, far-reaching hair-line trail, the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous cold, and the strangeness and weirdness of it all—made no impression on the man"

c) "he was without imagination"

Question 5 (2 points)

The fire most likely represents life—without fire, the man’s survival is impossible.

Question 5 options:
a) True
b) False