They have found out a fearful alchemy by which...blood can be ...

[Mr.Thesaxman]

Question 1

What best describes the split between the French working and middle classes?
 
  a. It was largely solved by the liberal reforms of the Third Republic.
  b. It enabled the Third Republic to elect a new monarch in 1875.
  c. It led to a strong parliamentary system of government.
  d. It was further widened by the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871.
  e. It ended in the light of continued Prussian threats to France's national survival.

Question 2

They have found out a fearful alchemy by which...blood can be transformed into gold. Instead of listening to the cry of agony, they listen to the ring of dollars and stoop down to pick up the coin. This 1857 quotation most likely refers to
 
  a. a northern factory owner.
  b. a southern planter.
  c. a small southern tobacco farmer.
  d. a cotton broker.

[coyin]

Answer 1

d

Answer 2

b

[Mr.Thesaxman]

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[coyin]

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