Is Survival Selfish?

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The author says that J. Bruce Ismay “was savaged by the media and the general public for climbing into a lifeboat and saving himself.” She uses the word savaged to convey

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the fierceness of the media attack.

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The author's overall purpose is to argue that

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many factors influence a person's behavior in a crisis.

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In lines 22–37, the author describes how people reacted to an explosion near Grand Central Station. Her description supports her point that

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people's instinct for self-preservation does not always take over.

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According to the survival training expert cited in lines 39–40, what is the reason that some people do not survive life-threatening situations?

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They lose their ability to think clearly.

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What does the author believe is the basis for survivor guilt?

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society's double standards

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With which statement would the author most likely agree? Options: It is easier to judge the wisdom of a person's actions after the fact., In a crisis, everyone makes deliberate decisions about what to do., Survivors are usually those who have been in similar situations before., Those who do not survive often lack the will to live.

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It is easier to judge the wisdom of a person's actions after the fact.

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The author's tone in this selection is: critical, passionate, thoughtful, biased.

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thoughtful.

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berate

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scold

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If a spectacle is guaranteed to transfix viewers, it will

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hold their attention.

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To laud an actor's performance means to

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praise it.