Read the article. Answer the multiple-choice questions that follow by highlighting the correct response.
1.Which of the following best expresses the central idea of this narrative?
•A.BMen of vast wealth differ in numerous ways from those of simpler means.
•B.BThe very wealthy have much greater appetites for all life has to offer than the average man.
•C.BAlthough heir wealth sets them apart from the common man, billionaires have many traits in common with those of lesser means.
•D.BWe should change our system of government so that no man has wealth so much greater than that of his fellow Americans.
2.Select a piece of evidence from the text to best support your answer to Question #1.
•A."Curiously, I could form to myself no clear conception of the head of this monster." (Paragraph 7)
•B."Nothing in his dress distinguished him from the ordinary mortal." (Paragraph 10)
•C."‘But they say that the people are never satisfied. There are always odd characters who still want more.’" (Paragraph 39)
•D."‘I eat no meat in the morning,’ he vowed. ‘A quarter of an orange, an egg, and a small cup of tea, that’s all.'" (Paragrapg 15)
3.What did the author mean, in paragraph 12, where he states that he "could not trust his eyes"?
•A.His eyes couldn’t be trusted because his mental image of what a billionaire should be like did not match the actual image.
•B.His eyes couldn’t be trusted because he was "blinded" by the vast wealth surrounding him.
•C.His eyes couldn’t be trusted because he didn’t really believe the man before him was a billionaire.
D.His eyes couldn’t be trusted because he was "cracked."