Question
Use the story “The Open Window” to answer the question.
“The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise,” announced Framton, who laboured under the tolerably widespread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of one’s ailments and infirmities, their cause and cure. “On the matter of diet they are not so much in agreement,” he continued.“No?” said Mrs. Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment. Then she suddenly brightened into alert attention—but not to what Framton was saying.“Here they are at last!” she cried. “Just in time for tea, and don’t they look as if they were muddy up to the eyes!”Framton shivered slightly and turned towards the niece with a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension. The child was staring out through the open window with dazed horror in her eyes. In a chill shock of nameless fear Framton swung round in his seat and looked in the same direction. In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window; they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: “I said, Bertie, why do you bound?”Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat; the hall-door, the gravel-drive, and the front gate were dimly-noted stages in his headlong retreat. A cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to avoid an imminent collision.
How does the author present the details of the setting in the last paragraph of the excerpt?(1 point)Responses
The details of door, drive, and gate are framed through Nuttel’s hasty, panicky perceptions as he flees the house.
The description of the door, drive, and gate highlight the fact that many things go wrong at once for Nuttel.
The sequence involving the door, drive, and gate is framed by the perceptions of a cyclist on the road.
The door, drive, and gate are carefully described to indicate the length of Nuttel’s frightened dash.
“The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise,” announced Framton, who laboured under the tolerably widespread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of one’s ailments and infirmities, their cause and cure. “On the matter of diet they are not so much in agreement,” he continued.“No?” said Mrs. Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment. Then she suddenly brightened into alert attention—but not to what Framton was saying.“Here they are at last!” she cried. “Just in time for tea, and don’t they look as if they were muddy up to the eyes!”Framton shivered slightly and turned towards the niece with a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension. The child was staring out through the open window with dazed horror in her eyes. In a chill shock of nameless fear Framton swung round in his seat and looked in the same direction. In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window; they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: “I said, Bertie, why do you bound?”Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat; the hall-door, the gravel-drive, and the front gate were dimly-noted stages in his headlong retreat. A cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to avoid an imminent collision.
How does the author present the details of the setting in the last paragraph of the excerpt?(1 point)Responses
The details of door, drive, and gate are framed through Nuttel’s hasty, panicky perceptions as he flees the house.
The description of the door, drive, and gate highlight the fact that many things go wrong at once for Nuttel.
The sequence involving the door, drive, and gate is framed by the perceptions of a cyclist on the road.
The door, drive, and gate are carefully described to indicate the length of Nuttel’s frightened dash.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct response is:
**The details of door, drive, and gate are framed through Nuttel’s hasty, panicky perceptions as he flees the house.**
This option effectively captures the essence of the last paragraph, reflecting Framton Nuttel’s frantic state of mind as he makes a hurried escape from the situation, emphasizing his panic and the urgency of his flight.
**The details of door, drive, and gate are framed through Nuttel’s hasty, panicky perceptions as he flees the house.**
This option effectively captures the essence of the last paragraph, reflecting Framton Nuttel’s frantic state of mind as he makes a hurried escape from the situation, emphasizing his panic and the urgency of his flight.