Which pair is correctly matched according to the source material?

Which pair is correctly matched according to the source material?

• A. the judge — Maud Muller
• B. Nokomis — The Open Boat
• C. Bray sisters — The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
• D. Jim Smiley — The Lover's Errand

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is recognizing which character pairs belong to the same source work. In John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem Maud Muller, the central relationship is between Maud Muller, the farmer’s daughter, and the judge who loves her. That pairing—the judge with Maud Muller—fits the source material exactly, since the poem centers on their forbidden romance and the social distance between them. The other options don’t line up with the works. Nokomis is a figure from Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha, not a character in The Open Boat. The Bray sisters aren’t part of The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which features Jim Smiley and his frog. Jim Smiley is the gambler in The Notorious Jumping Frog, not in The Lover’s Errand. So the only accurate pairing is the judge and Maud Muller.

The idea being tested is recognizing which character pairs belong to the same source work. In John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem Maud Muller, the central relationship is between Maud Muller, the farmer’s daughter, and the judge who loves her. That pairing—the judge with Maud Muller—fits the source material exactly, since the poem centers on their forbidden romance and the social distance between them.

The other options don’t line up with the works. Nokomis is a figure from Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha, not a character in The Open Boat. The Bray sisters aren’t part of The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which features Jim Smiley and his frog. Jim Smiley is the gambler in The Notorious Jumping Frog, not in The Lover’s Errand. So the only accurate pairing is the judge and Maud Muller.