Question

Read the passage from The American Plague.

Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon. Washington was a stickler for orderly files that he could search at a moment's notice. This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation. Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses.

Which line from the passage can be defined as the cause?

"Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon."
"Washington was a stickler for orderly files that he could search at a moment's notice."
"This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation."
"Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses."

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is A

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

From the passage taken from “The American Plague”, “Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses” is the cause.

Explanation:

Here in the above given passage, though Washington was stickler, in maintaining all files, few records are abandoned. This is due to panicked government clerks. They dashed into the place and disturbed the orderly maintained files.

Thus, the last line of passage “unfortunately, when….” is the cause.