Which work is connected to a line about a father coping with aging by imagining his lineage continuing?

• A. The Mule
• B. The Baby Party
• C. O Captain! My Captain!
• D. Mama and the Hospital

Answer: (B)

The main idea being tested is how a character responds to aging by envisioning continuation through his family line. In The Baby Party, the father confronts growing old and finds a sense of permanence by imagining his life carried on through his child. That longing for a living link to him after he’s gone shows how he uses the idea of lineage to cope with aging, turning the baby at the party into a symbol of legacy and continuity. The other works explore different themes—one centers on leadership and loss, another on a plot involving a mule, and another around hospital and family dynamics—so they don’t hinge on a father’s need to preserve his name or legacy through offspring.