Question

at does the phrase \painful light\ mean in line 32?
a blind indifference
b casual glance
c daily routine
d destructive investigation

questions 24 - 25 refer to \brute neighbors\ and the poem \how nature’s beauties should be viewed.\

1. which theme do both \brute neighbors\ and \how nature’s beauties should be viewed\ have in common?

a nature is a source of reverence, not something to be controlled.
b spending time with nature allows people to reconnect with themselves.
c one is never truly alone when surrounded by all of nature’s living things.
d nature is constantly changing, much like people over the courses of their lives.

1. read the excerpts from \brute neighbors\ and \how nature’s beauties should be viewed.\

i found that it was as well for me to rest on my oars and wait his reappearing as to endeavor to calculate where he would rise; for again and again, when i was straining my eyes over the surface one way, i would suddenly be startled by his unearthly laugh behind me. (\brute neighbors,\ paragraph 4)
the untutor’d man, roaming wild,
could view the rainbow in the sky,
and, tho’ in science but a child,
he saw with gladden’d heart, and eye.
(\how nature’s beauties should be viewed,\ lines 25 - 28)
which shared belief between the author and \the untutor’d man\ is implied by the excerpts?
a both the author and the \untutor’d man\ feel inferior to nature and frustrated by what they cannot understand.
b both the author and the \untutor’d man\ search for answers and collect information from which to draw conclusions.
c both the author and the \untutor’d man\ prefer the solitude of their surroundings to the company of others.
d both the author and the \untutor’d man\ accept their limitations and allow nature to reveal its truths.

Explanation:

For the first question, "painful light" likely implies a destructive investigation as it suggests something harsh and intrusive. For the second question, both texts emphasize nature as a source of reverence. For the third question, the excerpts imply that both accept nature's revelations and their own limitations.

Answer:

1. D. destructive investigation
2. A. Nature is a source of reverence, not something to be controlled.
3. D. Both the author and the "untutor'd man" accept their limitations and allow nature to reveal its truths.