Question

1. when the author tells us of batmans ferocity in the early stories and says that in later stories the hero is not quite so fierce, we should realize that

the same person did not write all of the stories
ferocity does not ever last long
ferocity relates to fierceness
ferocity means bravery
being fierce has no relation to ferocity

1. we can infer from the passage that usurp is the same as *

need drastically
take wrongly
protect
treat
destroy

Explanation:

For the first question about "ferocity", the word "ferocity" and "fierceness" are synonyms. For the second question, the word "usurp" means to take a position, power, etc. wrongly or by force.

Answer:

1. C. ferocity relates to fierceness
2. B. take wrongly