Pretest: The Late Nineteenth Century: Realism and Naturalism Submilt Test Reader Tools Info Save \& Exll Drift xcerpt) evolution permilted, he made I natural ones of lang and claw. devices before he discovered to this day, his finest creative same old task of making better , down all the past, have been ungle-lurking, cave-haunting of the whole animal wortd and awful killer of all the ed to make room, and as he mself crowded, and ever he went dearing land of its weeds and was compelled to clear all 1. And, sword in hand, he has ses of life that occupled the earth has carried the battle widder and capable killer of men and animals attle home to the Infinite and Id of microorganisms. Select the correct answer. In the excerpt, the thesis statement is expressed in these sentences: Man early discovered death. As soon as his evolution permitted, he made himself better devices for killing than the old natural ones of fang and claw. Which of these supporting premises reinforces the thesis statement? 1. Like a settler clearing land of its weeds and forest bushes in order to plant corn, so man was compelled to clear all manner of life away in order to plant himself. II. He devoted himself to the invention of killing devices before he discovered fire or manufactured for himself religion. And ever he has carried the battle wider and wider, until to-day not only is he a far more capable killer of men and animals III. than ever before, but he has pressed the battle home to the infinite and invisible hosts of menacing lives in the world of microorganisms. IV. And from the fear-stricken, jungle-lurking, cave-haunting creature of long ago, he won to empery over the whole animal world. A. 1