Question
Question 6 of 10
Which excerpt shows the clearest example of ethos from "The Damnation of
a Canyon"?
• A. Having thus seen Glen Canyon both before and after ... Its
damnation, I feel that I am in a position to evaluate the
transformation of the region caused by construction of the dam.
• B. In the rich flora of these laterals the larger mammals - mule
deer, coyote, bobcat, ring-tailed cat, gray fox, kit fox, skunk, badger
and others
- found a home.
• C. Above the river shores were the great recessed alcoves where
water seeped from the sandstone, nourishing the semitropical
hanging gardens of orchid, ivy and columbine, with their
associated swarms of insects and bird life.
O D. Many of the side canyons above the fluctuating waterline are now
rendered more difficult, not easier, to get into. This is because the
debris brought down into them by desert storms, no longer carried
away by the river, must unavoidably build up ..
Answer
A. Having thus seen Glen Canyon both before and after ... Its damnation, I feel that I am in a position to evaluate the transformation of the region caused by construction of the dam.