Question

select the correct answer. read the excerpt from frankenstein by mary shelley and now, dear margaret, do i not deserve to accomplish some great purpose? my life might have been passed in ease and luxury, but i preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path. oh, that some encouraging voice would answer in the affirmative! my courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed. i am about to proceed on a long and difficult voyage, the emergencies of which will demand all my fortitude. i am required not only to raise the spirits of others, but sometimes to sustain my own, when theirs are failing. which choice best summarizes the excerpt? a. the narrator tells margaret that he goes back and forth between hope and depression, and there may be a lot of emergencies to deal with. therefore, he needs some encouragement from her. b. the narrator complains to margaret that his choice to travel means he no longer lives a life of comfort. moreover, he must also keep everyone else’s spirits up along with his own c. the narrator informs margaret that he made the better choice to travel rather than to stay at home in comfort. but the crew is very depressed, which is making him also very depressed d. the narrator tells margaret that despite living a life of luxury, he still prefers this difficult voyage. but he needs encouragement because he must keep others encouraged as well as himself reset next

Explanation:

Let's analyze each option:

• Option A: The excerpt doesn't mention the narrator going back and forth between hope and depression in a way that he needs her encouragement because of that, nor does it talk about a lot of emergencies to deal with. Eliminate A.
• Option B: The narrator says he preferred glory to ease and luxury, so he didn't choose travel over comfort out of complaint. Also, the part about keeping others' spirits up along with his own isn't accurate as the excerpt says he needs to raise others' spirits when theirs are failing, not that he has to keep his and others' up together in the way described. Eliminate B.
• Option C: The excerpt doesn't say the crew is depressed, it's about the narrator's own spirits and his need to sustain his own and others'. Eliminate C.
• Option D: The narrator says his life might have been in ease and luxury but he preferred glory (the difficult voyage). He also says he needs to raise others' spirits and sometimes sustain his own when others' are failing, so he needs encouragement as he has to encourage others too. This matches the excerpt.

Answer:

D. The narrator tells Margaret that despite living a life of luxury, he still prefers this difficult voyage. But he needs encouragement because he must keep others encouraged as well as himself