Question

select the passage that has a more disgusted tone. his thin lips were constantly compressed into a rude—it might almost be called a vicious—smile. a special feature of his face was its death - like paleness, which gave to the whole man a starved appearance in spite of his hard look. she was what is called a fine looking woman for her time of life, and must have been handsome; she was tall, but not thin, and dressed in black velvet, and looked rather pale, but with a proud and commanding expression, though now agitated. adapted from fyodor dostoyevsky, the idiot and j. sheridan lefanu, carmilla

Explanation:

The first passage uses negative and critical descriptions like "rude", "vicious", "death - like paleness", and "starved appearance" which convey a sense of disgust towards the person being described. The second passage is more of a neutral or slightly positive (using "fine looking", "handsome") description of a woman, with no disgusted tone.

Answer:

The passage: "His thin lips were constantly compressed into a rude - it might almost be called a vicious - smile. A special feature of his face was its death - like paleness, which gave to the whole man a starved appearance in spite of his hard look."