The fourth paragraph mostly serves to highlight text
A. provide important information about the main topic of the passage
B. introduce Emma’s point of view on the main topic of the passage
C. argue that the miniatures in the museum do not belong on display
D. explain why Paolo is misguided in the belief he has held throughout the passage

Passage:
As Emma hurried through the Art Institute of Chicago’s entrance, she became giddy with excitement. She simply could not wait to revisit her favorite gallery from her childhood. Although there were other reasons for her trip to Chicago (namely her best friend’s wedding), Emma knew that visiting the Thorne Miniature Rooms was what she looked forward to most.

This was her first visit to the Art Institute in nearly two decades. It was her first visit as an adult and the first time she was going to the museum with her husband, Paolo.

When she had told Paolo about her favorite exhibit, he had mocked her. He asked why any grown woman would possibly want to waste her time looking at toys.
“They aren’t ‘toys,’” she said. “The exhibit is a series of small rooms modeled after European and American interiors from the past three centuries. Everything in the rooms is a scale model of furniture and décor from their particular time period. They’re just like real rooms, but 1/12th the size!”

“That sounds like dollhouse furniture.” Paolo replied. “So how are they not toys?”

“Well, for one thing, there are no dolls in the rooms. And second, they are handcrafted, beautiful pieces. And third, they’re behind glass. And finally,” Emma added with a smile, “you can’t play with them, so they must not be toys.”

Upon entering the gallery room, Emma rushed to show Paolo her favorite room—the one modeled after a lobby of a home in Tennessee from 1835. The walls were painted to depict a peaceful garden. The spiral stairway in the back gave the illusion that the miniature world extended beyond what Emma could see. Emma had spent hours of her youth imagining what went on in the nonexistent upstairs of the house. But now, as an adult, she was not lost in the fantasy of what happened beyond the miniature. Instead, she found herself moved by how real the tiny world in front of her looked. The artist’s attention to detail was amazing; all of the furniture looked so real it was hard to believe that tiny people did not actually live in the exhibit.

Paolo too was touched. Once he saw the rooms with his own eyes, he no longer needed an explanation. The pieces were clearly not toys—they were a strange combination of art and history, all in miniature.

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Plagiarism quiz read both the paragraph below and the information following it that identifies the source using the american psychological association format. then read each of the numbered statements and determine if each is plagiarized or not. circle “yes” if the statement is plagiarized, “no” if it is not, and then fix the “yes” answers). original source the presence of the taiwanese on everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid, risking further lives, to say nothing of jeopardizing the opportunity for other climbers to reach the summit. but the taiwanese were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified. camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby, who announced his intention to make a solo ascent of the southwest face, one of the peak’s most dangerous and technically demanding routes—despite the fact that his himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking. krakauer, j. (1998). into thin air: a personal account of the mount everest disaster. new york: anchor books, 122 - 3. student samples yes 1. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid(krakauer, 1998). no) 2. many climbers overestimate their abilities, as krakauer (1998) explains when he writes of peter neby, whose himalayan experience in the past “required little more than vigorous walking” (122 - 3). no 3. jon krakauer (1998) discusses other concerns besides those of unpredictable weather and his own climbing group’s capabilities. for example the existence of a taiwanese group on everest was a matter of serious unease to most everyone else on the mountain. yes/no 4. krakauer (1998) states that the taiwanese group was not the only inexpert climbers to attempt mt. everest: camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby. . [whose] himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking (122 – 3). yes/no 5. the author asserts that the taiwanese “were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified.” yes/no 6. in his book into thin air, jon krakauer (1998) discusses many of the dangers he noted prior to his disastrous attempt to climb mt. everest in 1996. among them were encounters with other groups and individual climbers who were ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the demands of such a climb.

In the reading, i know why the caged bird sings, marguerite views mrs. flowers as a larger than life personality. which quote from the text most strongly supports how marguerite views mrs. flowers? question 18 options: a) “i’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.” b) “you see, i had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat.” c) “there was a little path beside the rocky road, and mrs. flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.” d) “somehow i had never connected mrs. flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people.”