There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad on a stricken field and refusing quarter; and it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf-cry, straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight. He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time. He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars and over the face of dead matter that did not move.

Question

By using the phrase “There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise,” what is Jack London trying to say about Buck?

Answer choices for the above question

A. That Buck is not fast enough to catch and kill the rabbit.

B. That Buck is about to kill the rabbit.

C. That Buck could not possibly feel more alive than he is right now.

D. That Buck is about to die.
Why does Jack London mention life and death throughout his analogies about Buck and the rabbit?

Answer choices for the above question

A. He wants to suggest that Buck will die once he kills the rabbit.

B. He is trying to say that Buck is dying.

C. He wants to draw comparisons between life and death, with the physical chase of Buck and the rabbit.

D. He is trying to make everyone who reads the story feel badly for the rabbit.
What is the meaning behind the author’s phrase “it comes to the soldier, war-mad and refusing quarter”?

Answer choices for the above question

A. That a soldier driven crazy by battle will still fight on and refuse the safety of shelter.

B. That a soldier driven crazy by battle will not be paid.

C. That a soldier driven crazy by battle will refuse to get paid.

D. That soldiers always refuse safety in order to get paid.

Answer 1

1. By using the phrase “There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise,” what is Jack London trying to say about Buck? C. That Buck could not possibly feel more alive than he is right now.

2. Why does Jack London mention life and death throughout his analogies about Buck and the rabbit? C. He wants to draw comparisons between life and death, with the physical chase of Buck and the rabbit.

3. What is the meaning behind the author’s phrase “it comes to the soldier, war-mad and refusing quarter”? A. That a soldier driven crazy by battle will still fight on and refuse the safety of shelter.