Short-response prompt (15 points)
read the following passage from chapter 16 of the life and adventures of robinson crusoe, in which
crusoe reflects on his relationship to the island and its inhabitants:
my island was now peopled, and i thought myself very rich in subjects; and it was a
merry reflection, which i frequently made, how like a king i looked. first of all, the
whole country was my own property, so that i had an undoubted right of dominion.
secondly, my people were perfectly subjected - i was absolutely lord and lawgiver-
they allowed their lives to me, and were ready to lay down their lives, if there had
been occasion for it, for me. it was remarkable, too, i had but three subjects, and
they were of three different religions-my man friday was a protestant, his father
was a pagan and a cannibal, and the spaniard was a papist. however, i allowed
liberty of conscience throughout my dominions.
explain defoe's point of view on colonialism in the passage. then analyze how the scene could be
interpreted as satire to express that point of view. be sure to use specific details from the passage in
your response.

Select the correct answer. what opinion about russian society does leo tolstoy express in this excerpt from the death of ivan ilyich? the awful, terrible act of his dying was, he could see, reduced by those about him to the level of a casual, unpleasant, and almost indecorous incident (as if someone entered a drawing room defusing an unpleasant odour) and this was done by that very decorum which he had served all his life long. he saw that no one felt for him, because no one even wished to grasp his position. only gerasim recognized it and pitied him. and so ivan ilyich felt at ease only with him. he felt comforted when gerasim supported his legs (sometimes all night long) and refused to go to bed, saying: "don't you worry, ivan ilyich. i'll get sleep enough later on," or when he suddenly became familiar and exclaimed: "if you weren't sick it would be another matter, but as it is, why should i grudge a little trouble? " gerasim alone did not lie; everything showed that he alone understood the facts of the case and did not consider it necessary to disguise them, but simply felt sorry for his emaciated and enfeebled master. once when ivan ilyich was sending him away he even said straight out: "we shall all of us die, so why should i grudge a little trouble? "—expressing the fact that he did not think his work burdensome, because he was doing it for a dying man and hoped someone would do the same for him when his time came. a. the peasant class in nineteenth-century russia was full of honest and compassionate people. b. educated professionals gained influence in russian society in the nineteenth century. c. in the nineteenth century, middle-class russians were rich and well-educated. d. peasants more readily accepted unpleasant facts of life, while the middle class tried to deny them.