Question 1 of 10
Read this passage:
And our only miserable consolation was that we believed
that Auschwitz and Treblinka were closely guarded
secrets; that the leaders of the free world did not know
what was going on behind those black gates and barbed
wire; that they had no knowledge of the war against the
Jews that Hitler's armies and their accomplices waged as
part of the war against the Allies.
If they knew, we thought, surely those leaders would have
moved heaven and earth to intervene. They would have
spoken out with great outrage and conviction. They would
have bombed the railways leading to Birkenau, just the
railways, just once.
Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference," 1999
Which sentence best explains how Wiesel uses pathos in this
passage?
A. He uses concrete images like "black gates and
barbed wire" that create strong emotion.
B. He gives specific examples like "Hitler's armies and
their accomplices" to provide evidence.
C. He establishes his credibility by explaining his "great
outrage and conviction.
D. He gives the names of "Auschwitz and Treblinka,"
two known concentration camps.
