What evidence from the novel The War of the Worlds supports the theme that humans are too vain and shouldn't take their safety for granted?A.The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety — their mathematical learning is evidently far in excess of ours — and to have carried out their preparations with a well-nigh perfect unanimity.B.We must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its inferior races.C.It required a certain amount of scientific education to perceive that the grey scale of the Thing was no common oxide, that the yellowish-white metal that gleamed in the crack between the lid and the cylinder had an unfamiliar hue.D.No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 9 of 10What evidence from the novel The War of the Worlds supports the theme that humans are too vain and shouldn't take their safety for granted?A.It required a certain amount of scientific education to perceive that the grey scale of the Thing was no common oxide, that the yellowish-white metal that gleamed in the crack between the lid and the cylinder had an unfamiliar hue.B.No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable.C.We must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its inferior races.D.The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety — their mathematical learning is evidently far in excess of ours — and to have carried out their preparations with a well-nigh perfect unanimity.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What evidence from the novel The War of the Worlds supports the theme that human vanity can lead to trouble?A.But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminous disks — like eyes.B.It required a certain amount of scientific education to perceive that the grey scale of the Thing was no common oxide, that the yellowish-white metal that gleamed in the crack between the lid and the cylinder had an unfamiliar hue.C.The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety — their mathematical learning is evidently far in excess of ours — and to have carried out their preparations with a well-nigh perfect unanimity.D.No writer up to the very end of the nineteenth century expressed any idea that intelligent life might have developed there far, or indeed at all, beyond its earthly level.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Both the novel and radio versions of The War of the Worlds have which theme in common?A.Martians have superior technology and weapons.B.Human vanity can cause a lot of problems.C.People shouldn't believe everything they hear on the radio.D.Humans will someday be wiped out because of their greed.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read the following passage:And before we judge them too harshly we must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals such as the vanquished bison and the dodo, but upon its own inferior races.H. G. Wells, The War of the WorldsThis passage is from a science fiction story about an alien invasion of Earth that was written in 1898. What historical theme might create a strong emotional response in readers during that time?A.The tendency of religions of the time to judge othersB.The brutality of the experience of colonialismC.The experience of world warsD.The beginning of cloning experiments with animalsSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

In The War of the Worlds, the narrator believes that Martians came to Earth because:A.Mars needs Earth's resources.B.Mars is dying.C.Martians hate all earthlings.D.Martians are curious about earthlings.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS