Question

1. which sentence best shows that the narrator is unreliable?

a. \i lay back in my chair gasping with horror. my wife and family regarded me in wonder.\
b. \knowledge like this was too much for the ordinary run-of-the-mill person.\
c. \obviously they were simple beings, uni-cellular, some sort of primitive single-celled things.\
d. \i read on. and came to this incredible revelation, tossed off coolly by the author without the faintest tremor\

Explanation:

To determine the unreliable narrator, we analyze each option:

• Option A: The narrator's family's reaction to his horror (gasping) is a normal response, not indicating unreliability.
• Option B: The narrator dismisses knowledge as "too much" for an ordinary person, showing a biased, possibly unreliable perspective (undermining others' capacity).
• Option C: Describing beings as simple/unicellular is a factual (if inaccurate) observation, not unreliability.
• Option D: The author's tone in the text doesn't reflect the narrator's unreliability here.

Answer:

B. "Knowledge like this was too much for the ordinary run - of - the - mill person."