Barry Lopez, Emancipation
Read Emancipation and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. What is the central topic of Lopez’s essay?
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2. The author characterizes the present with a three-word series of descriptors. What are those words?
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3. Which metaphor is central to Lopez’s argument?
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4. Of the following reasons, which one does Lopez think is the only acceptable reason for preservation?
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5. The author writes: “One spring I took the Indian Pacific from Sydney to Perth.” What is the Indian Pacific?
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