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ID: DSAT-RW-46
Section: Digital SAT Reading & Writing (RW) - Broadly Reading - Craft and Structure
Topic: Text Structure and Purpose
Difficulty level: Hard

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The following text is from Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel Far from the Madding Crowd. The character Gabriel Oak is reflecting on his surroundings as night falls.

Gabriel had often observed the transformation of a familiar landscape at dusk, but never had the change seemed so sudden, or so complete. The fields, lately loud with the click of shears and voices, lay under a hush as if the earth had drawn in its breath. He stood still, listening for something more, something yet to be said by the silence.

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

AIt contrasts the quiet of evening with the earlier noise of the day.

BIt introduces a question that the character will later try to resolve.

CIt establishes that Gabriel is uncertain about what he wants.

DIt describes the physical sensation of darkness setting in.

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