(Eve's Diary By: Mark Twain)

PART A: Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text?

A: Love is unpredictable but, like all things, it can be broken down into logical reasoning.
B: Women have traditionally been thought of as men’s helper, but both are more like companions.
C: Knowledge is power and power can corrupt (hence the fruit forbidden by God to Adam and Eve).
D: Nature is the enemy of mankind; even in the Garden of Eden, danger lurked in the wild.

PART B: Which TWO of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?

A: “Some things you CAN’T find out; but you will never know you can’t by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can’t find out.” ( Paragraph 61)
B: “By watching, I know that the stars are not going to last. I have seen some of the best ones melt and run down the sky. Since one can melt, they can all melt; since they can all melt, they can all melt the same night.” ( Paragraph 64)
C: “When I look back, the Garden is a dream to me. It was beautiful, surpassingly beautiful, enchantingly beautiful; and now it is lost, and I shall not see it any more.” ( Paragraph 66)
D: “The Garden is lost, but I have found HIM, and am content.” ( Paragraph 67)
E: “And so I think it is as I first said: that this kind of love is not a product of reasonings and statistics.” ( Paragraph 76)
F: “Wheresoever she was, THERE was Eden.” ( Paragraph 82)