|Question 6Verbal

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The following text is from Robert Lowell's 1964 poem "For the Union Dead."

The South Boston Aquarium closed permanently in 1954. The old South Boston Aquarium stands in a Sahara of snow now. Its broken windows are boarded. The bronze weathervane cod has lost half its scales. The airy tanks are dry.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
To contrast the effects of different kinds of weather on a building
A
To argue that a building should be rehabilitated
B
To describe details of the deteriorated state of a building
C
To explain why a once-popular building was abandoned
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