Read the passage. excerpt from cry, the beloved country by alan paton it was still a long way to twenty-third avenue, and as they passed one avenue after the other, msimangu explained that alexandra was outside the boundaries of johannesburg, and was a place where a black man could buy land and own a house. but the streets were not cared for, and there were no lights, and so great was the demand for accommodation that every man if he could, built rooms in his yard and sublet them to others. many of these rooms were hide-outs for thieves and robbers, and there was much prostitution and brewing of illicit liquor. how does the language in this excerpt affect the reader’s understanding of johannesburg in the 1950s? a.) it captures the deep divisions, unfairness, and danger that existed in this time and place. b.) it captures the sense of unity felt by those relegated to shantytowns outside of the city. c.) it captures the similarities between the rural villages of south africa and the settlements in its cities. d.) it captures the sense of pride that many black south africans felt at having a place of their own.

After depriving her of all rights as a married woman, if single, and the owner of property, he has taxed her to support a government which recognizes her only when her property can be made profitable to it…. he has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education, all colleges being closed against her…. he has usurped the prerogative of jehovah himself, claiming it as his right to assign for her a sphere of action, when that belongs to her conscience and to her god. he has endeavored, in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life. now, in view of this entire disfranchisement of one-half the people of this country, their social and religious degradation--in view of the unjust laws above mentioned, and because women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and fraudulently deprived of their most sacred rights, we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of the united states. read the passage on the left to answer the following questions: 4) in what manner was this document patterned off of the preamble to the declaration of independence? a) it uses the same language, but frames women being oppressed by men instead of the 13 colonies being oppressed by the british. b) it uses different language, but argues for a society in which men and women separate like the colonists separated from the british. c) it uses the same language, but frames the notion of men standing up for women instead of the 13 colonies standing up to the british. d) it uses different language, but argues for a society in which men and women join forces to attack the injustices that plague both sexes.