Question

1. what is the best meaning of \pertinacity\ as it is used in the following passage on page 63? \doubtless my words surprised henry; he at first believed them to be the wanderings of my disturbed imagination, but the pertinacity with which i continually recurred to the same subject persuaded him that my disorder indeed owed its origin to some uncommon and terrible event.\ a. eagerness b. reluctance c. nonchalance d. determination

Explanation:

The context shows the speaker keeps returning to the same subject. "Pertinacity" here implies a firm - ness or determination to keep bringing up the topic, which is different from eagerness (too positive and not about persistence in this sense), reluctance (opposite meaning), and nonchalance (lack of concern).

Answer:

D. determination