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Josiah Bushnell Grinnell,the founder of GrinnellCollege,was a Republican member of Congress from Iowain 1866 when he was assaulted in the House by a fellow congressman,Unconditional Unionist Lovell Harrison Rousseau Line of Kentucky.Grinnell had committed the unpardonable sin of challenging
(5)Rousseau’s Civil War record,accusing him of “blowing his own horn.”Speaker
of the House Schuyler Colfax had chastisedGrinnell at the time,but that was not enough for Rousseau.Witharmed supporters beside him, Rousseau beat Grinnell with an iron—tipped cane,bruising and battering him.A specialcommittee called for both men to be reprimanded,but inthe end,charges against Grinnell were
(10)dropped.Rousseau resigned afterhis reprimand,but mremarkable even by Housestandards—he was then reappointed to fill the seat he had left.By March of 1867, both men had retired from the House to pursueother interests.Grinnell went off
to runthe Rock Island Railroad,and Rousseau served in Alaska as a brigadier general.
Consider each of the choicesseparately and select all that apply.
On which of the following facts does theauthor express a sardonic opinionor viewpoint?

Select one answer choice.

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A,C.
The author sardonically calls Grinnell’s challenge of Rousseau’s War record an “unpardonable sin”(choice A)and remarks that Rousseau’s reappointment was “remarkable even by House standards.”No such snarky remark is made about the fight itself(choice B).