The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum. In the novel, Dorothy, who is from Kansas, finds herself in an unfamiliar place called Oz. Kansas is presented as being less appealing than Oz, as is clear when __________
Which quotation from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz most effectively illustrates the claim?
Explanation
Context: The claim is that Kansas is presented as less appealing than Oz. The quotation must set the two places against each other, with Oz on top.
Answer: A) a character says to Dorothy, "I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas."
Why? "This beautiful country" (Oz) is directly contrasted with "the dry, gray place" (Kansas)—a one-sentence comparison that ranks Oz above Kansas.
Traps:
- B) → about the difficulty of getting Dorothy home, not about which place is more appealing.
- C) → shows Dorothy coping in a strange land; it compares her feelings, not the two places' appeal.
- D) → describes one stretch of country in Oz with no mention of Kansas at all.