Question

Select the option which shows the correct relationship between statements I and IІ.

Statement I: Mead compares walking through the empty, silent streets to walking through a graveyard.

Statement II: Mead compares the empty street to the dry riverbeds of a windless desert.

Options

• Statements I and II are both true.

• Statements I and II are both false.

• Statement I is true, and Statement II is false.

• Statement I is false, and Statement II is true.

Answer 1

Statements I and II are both true.

Explanation:

Both statements are true. Mead finds the deserted streets so silent and empty that he compares them to a graveyard and also to the dry riverbeds of a windless desert. These comparisons emphasise the loneliness and lifelessness of the city.