Read this sentence from the passage. Long ago this mysterious colony quitted Spain, and settled on
the tongue of land on which it is to this day.
How do the words quitted Spain affect the meaning of this
passage?
A). They give the reader a picture of what Catalans was
like long ago.
B). They tell the reader that the people of Catalans are
of Spanish origin.
C). They highlight for the reader the fact that the people
of Catalans persevere.
D). They show the reader that the people of Catalans
give up easily

The proposed downtown mall development will cause severe economic harm to our city. i, like everyone else here, am concerned about the troubled economy, and we all know the importance of job creation — especially here - but these concerns shouldn't push us to blindly support supposed "job creators" without first looking at the data. the truth is that when jobs are created in one place, they're usually destroyed somewhere else. studies have shown that for every job created by a mall, at least one job in a local business is lost. as the former owner of two long-standing small businesses in our community, i know all too well the power of these big commercial chains. my fellow citizens, we have watched this evil evolve for decades, and it's time to take a stand. these new chain stores may be able to offer lower prices on some goods, but they also take money out of our community to pay distant executives and shareholders. if we oppose what is the author's point of view?