Question

Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country."
Once these disparate parts were held together by a common enemy, by the fault lines of world wars and the electrified fence of communism. With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust, a sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left side of the hyphen—African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American—would overwhelm the right.
What is the denotative meaning of fault lines in this excerpt?
lines that are drawn when placing blame
areas of defense in times of war
long cracks in the surface of the earth
breaks in modern American society

Answer 1

The correct answer is option C.

The denotative meaning of fault lines in this excerpt are long cracks in the surface of the earth.

According to the author of " Quilt of a country ", world war 1 and 2 along with the violence associated with communism were responsible for these fault lines.

Answer 2

The correct option for this question is the “long cracks in the surface of the earth”.

In this excerpt, the long cracks in the surface of the earth are the denotative meaning of fault lines.

Based on the "A Quilt of a Country" the World War 1 and World War 2 were associated with the communism and more violence.