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Use the excerpt from Eugene Debs's "How I Became a Socialist" to answer the question.

Through all these years I was nourished at Fountain Proletaire. I drank deeply of its waters and every particle of my tissue became saturated with the spirit of the working class. I had fired an engine and been stung by the exposure and hardship of the rail. I was with the boys in their weary watches, at the broken engine’s side and often helped to bear their bruised and bleeding bodies back to wife and child again. How could I but feel the burden of their wrongs? How the seed of agitation fail to take deep root in my heart?
Which of the following statements best summarizes the passage?

A.
Debs was born into a life of privilege.

B.
Debs was influenced by articles written by muckrakers.

C.
Debs was moved by the hardships faced by business owners.

D.
Debs had endured and shared the harsh working conditions of laborers.

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This excerpt shows how Debs has endured and shared the harsh working conditions of laborers (D.).

Many verbal groups indicate his physical involvement in the working people's daily life and how it affected him emotionally:

  • "I had ... been stung by the exposure ... of the rail;"
  • "I was with the boys ... at the broken engine's side;"
  • "helped to bear;"
  • "feel the burden."

As for the harsh working conditions, they are described by the following nouns and adjectives:

  • "hardship;"
  • "weary;"
  • "bruised and bleeding bodies;"
  • "burden."

We know that they are laborers and not, for example, business owners, because their work is very manual. Besides, the term "working class" appears in the text, as well as "Proletaire" which is borrowed from French and means "belonging to the lower social classes."

Answer:

The answer is D, Debs had endured and shared the harsh working conditions of laborers

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