Question

ough he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle. but the game for whose resence he kept so keen an outlook was none that figured in the sportsmans calendar as lawful and proper for the chase; ulric von gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy. the forest lands of gradwitz were of wide extent and well stocked with game; the narrow strip of precipitous woodland that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the game it harboured or the shooting it afforded, but it was the most jealously guarded of all its owners territorial possessions. a famous law suit, in the days of his grandfather, had wrested it from the illegal possession of a neighbouring family of petty landowners; the dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgment of the courts, and a long series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embittered the
b both men, ulrich and george are out in the forest seeing who can kill a roebuck before the other.
c the forest is extremely stormy tonight, and the roe-buck looks as if it is fleeing the terror of the storm.
d the feud between ulrich von gradwitz and george znaeym had culminated into such hatred that gradwitz was out hunting down znaeym.

Explanation:

The text states Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the forest "in quest of a human enemy" due to a long-standing feud over land, where his grandfather seized the land from George Znaeym's family, and the feud led to Ulrich hunting George. Option B is incorrect as they are not hunting roebuck against each other. Option C is irrelevant to the core reason Ulrich is in the forest. Option D matches the text's explanation of his purpose.

Answer:

D. The feud between Ulrich von Gradwitz and George Znaeym had culminated into such hatred that Gradwitz was out hunting down Znaeym.