Use the paragraph below to answer the question.

Question

Among all its bad influences, the black veil had theone desirable effect of making its wearer a veryefficient clergyman. By the aid of his mysteriousemblem—for there was no other apparent cause—he became a man of awful power over souls thatwere in agony for sin. His converts always regardedhim with a dread peculiar to themselves, affirming,though but figuratively, that before he brought themto celestial light they had been with him behind theblack veil. Its gloom, indeed, enabled him tosympathize with all dark affections. Dying sinnerscried aloud for Mr. Hooper and would not yield theirbreath till he appeared, though ever, as he stoopedto whisper consolation, they shuddered at the veiledface so near their own. Such were the terrors of theblack veil even when Death had bared his visage.Strangers came long distances to attend service athis church with the mere idle purpose of gazing athis figure because it was forbidden them to beholdhis face. But many were made to quake ere theydeparted. Once, during Governor Belcher’sadministration, Mr. Hooper was appointed to preachthe election sermon. Covered with his black veil, hestood before the chief magistrate, the council andthe representatives, and wrought so deep animpression that the legislative measures of that yearwere characterized by all the gloom and piety of ourearliest ancestral sway.
A)
How does the author use satire to developmeaning in this paragraph?
(1 point)
The author satirizes Mr. Hooper’s
hypocrisy by describing how the veil
changed him.
The author satirizes the doctrine of
separation of church and state by
describing the minister’s invitation to give
the election sermon.
The author satirizes the role of the clergy
by describing Mr. Hooper as sympathetic
to the agony of others.
The author satirizes Calvinist beliefs
about the bleakness of the world and the
power of sin by describing the veil’s
mysterious power.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

The author satirizes Calvinist beliefs about the bleakness of the world and the power of sin by describing the veil’s mysterious power.

The paragraph illustrates how Mr. Hooper’s black veil instills fear and dread, emphasizing the dark aspects of human nature and sin, which aligns with the pessimistic worldview often associated with Calvinist thought. The veil becomes a symbol of both the fear of sin and the complex emotional experiences of the congregation.