Jun Uw Will they were doing they could not plead
that they were ignorant or that they were simply ‘following orders'). And they all believed that the end
justified the means.
MS-ELA: MS.RI.10.1MS.RI.9.1
Part A
Which of the following states a central idea of the passage?
A. A goal can be achieved if you work long and hard enough at it.
B. A fervent belief in the battle for a Communist society led many collectivists to commit
atrocities against the peasants.
C. Young people will believe anything.
D. Communism is immoral, and the people who participated in these violent acts should have been
punished.