toxicreapr24
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Read the lines from "The Deserted Village," by Oliver Goldsmith. Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom, Those calm desires that asked but little room, Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene, Lived in each look, and brightened all the green; These, far departing, seek a kinder shore, And rural mirth and manners are no more. What is "no more" according to these lines? the simplicity and beauty of rural life the speaker's youth the color and life of summer the joy of first lov



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jcherry99
Literally what is no more is the two nouns that precede the sentence containing "no more." These are "rural mirth" and (rural) "manners." But those are not your choices. That's just the grammar of the lines.

The answer is, I think, the first option. All the other statements are examples of what made rural life so pleasant. (It still is in my opinion). 

There is nothing about the speaker's youth directly, but you could argue that all of them (especially the sports) are memories from his youth.

Summer color comes under the first statement.

There is nothing at all in there about first love.

I'd pick A but be prepared to hear that B is the right answer.

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the simplicity and beauty of rural life

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