Read the excerpt from "Escape."

But the universe knows more

I must take this test just like everyone

Takes tests

I am closing in on the sky

This excerpt expresses the theme that it can be difficult to know yourself and your place in the world. Which excerpt from "To Live" expresses the same theme?

A. I sit in my

crunched-in

restraining

desk, they call it.

with my paper

and my pen

B. and I am

supposed to see

the blackboard

around the tall boy

en frente de mi

C. but my head

won't translate

this language

log base b of a squared

carbon monoxide

reacting with phosphorus

D. learning without

knowing

without room

to learn how

to know myself

to be myself

Question

English

Maya Saunders

12 August, 21:27

Read the excerpt from "Escape."

But the universe knows more

I must take this test just like everyone

Takes tests

I am closing in on the sky

This excerpt expresses the theme that it can be difficult to know yourself and your place in the world. Which excerpt from "To Live" expresses the same theme?

A. I sit in my

crunched-in

restraining

desk, they call it.

with my paper

and my pen

B. and I am

supposed to see

the blackboard

around the tall boy

en frente de mi

C. but my head

won't translate

this language

log base b of a squared

carbon monoxide

reacting with phosphorus

D. learning without

knowing

without room

to learn how

to know myself

to be myself

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Answers (2)

Know the Answer?

Janelle Zamora · Answer 1

D

Explanation:

The correct option is D because it expresses the feeling of not having time to learn about oneself deeply. It is the only one of the option that actually expresses the theme that is asked in the question.

Chase Santiago · Answer 2

I think it would be D. because A is talking about sitting in a chair, B is about seeing, C is about learning a subject, and D is talking about not knowing how to learn about yourself because you spend your time in a classroom learning about other things.