What is the purpose of paragraphs 44 and 45 in relation to the selection's overall argument?
To describe the reparations granted to dogs but not to football players
In contrast "belligerent" (para. 44) means
Hostile
When the author says that what happens at Best Friends constitutes "an extravagant gesture" (para. 47), he means that it is
A lavish act
Why did the author make paragraph 49 only two sentences long?
To emphasize the importance of the point he is making
What is the purpose of paragraph 50
To draw a similarity between football and dogfighting in regard to gameness
What is the best way to describe the author's attitude in this essay?
Rational
Which of the following does the author use in the passage?
Descriptive imagery
Which of the following phrases from the passage has the most negative connotation?
"morally repellent" (para. 47)