AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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In the following original drama excerpt, the playwright alternates between a public speech and a private memory.
ACT II, Scene 7 (A town hall. A podium. Applause fades.)
MAYOR KLINE: We honor the men who built this bridge with their hands and their hope.
(He pauses, voice thick.)
MAYOR KLINE: Some sacrifices are chosen. Others are assigned.
ACT I, Scene 4 (Fifteen years earlier. A riverbank. Two teenagers skipping stones.)
KLINE (younger): My father says the bridge will make us important.
ELI: My father says it will take his job.
KLINE: That's not how progress works.
ELI: Progress works for someone.
ACT II, Scene 8 (Back to town hall. Offstage, a reporter calls out.)
REPORTER: Mayor, did your office approve the layoffs?
MAYOR KLINE: We approved a future.
(He grips the podium.)
MAYOR KLINE: We all did.
How does the placement of ACT I, Scene 4 between the two town-hall scenes contribute to the excerpt's meaning?
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