Question

i want you to know, too, that my publisher and i have done absolutely nothing to exploit the disgusting news from drake. we are not clapping each other on the back, crowing about all the books we will sell because of the news. we have declined to go on television, have written no fiery letters to editorial pages, have granted no lengthy interviews. we are angered and sickened and saddened. and no copies of this letter have been sent to anybody else. you now hold the only copy in your hands. it is a strictly private letter from me to the people of drake, who have done so much to damage my reputation in the eyes of their children and then in the eyes of the world. do you have the courage and ordinary decency to show this letter to the people, or will it, too, be consigned to the fires of your furnace? which of the following best describes vonnegut’s attitude towards his books being burned? a amused b ashamed c content d disgusted

Explanation:

From the text, Vonnegut says he is “angered and sickened and saddened” about the book - burning incident. “Disgusted” matches this negative, offended attitude. “Amused” (A) is positive, “ashamed” (B) implies self - blame (not present), and “content” (C) is positive, so they don't fit.

Answer:

D. disgusted