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What is implied about the city's growth by the phrase 'stopped growing outwards and has come to grow upwards instead'?
What is implied about the city's growth by the phrase 'stopped growing outwards and has come to grow upwards instead'?
- The city has stopped growing
- The city is being abandoned
- The city is expanding vertically due to limited horizontal space (correct)
- The city is facing housing shortages
What is the significance of the skyscrapers 'competing to climb ever higher and higher'?
What is the significance of the skyscrapers 'competing to climb ever higher and higher'?
- They are trying to reach the Statue of Liberty
- They are attempting to escape the city's boundaries
- They are competing for business and prestige (correct)
- They are trying to be closer to the heavens
What is implied about the statue's role in the city?
What is implied about the statue's role in the city?
- The statue is a relic of the past
- The statue is a participant in the city's daily life
- The statue is a symbol of change and progress
- The statue is an observer of the city's transformations (correct)
What is the tone of the phrase 'they are born, they grow up and they work for their slice of the American dream and then they grow old and die'?
What is the tone of the phrase 'they are born, they grow up and they work for their slice of the American dream and then they grow old and die'?
What is the implication of the phrase 'I, and the changing city below'?
What is the implication of the phrase 'I, and the changing city below'?
What is suggested by the phrase 'all the while, millions of people scurry below, busying themselves with their day to day lives'?
What is suggested by the phrase 'all the while, millions of people scurry below, busying themselves with their day to day lives'?
What is implied by the phrase 'the immigrants are described as tumbling into the city'?
What is implied by the phrase 'the immigrants are described as tumbling into the city'?
What is the tone of the description of the city's transformations?
What is the tone of the description of the city's transformations?
What is the significance of the statue's perspective on the city?
What is the significance of the statue's perspective on the city?
What is implied by the description of the city's changes over time?
What is implied by the description of the city's changes over time?
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