Question
The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky
"The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking; and it was impossible to distinguish anything more than a few yards away from the carriage windows."
When the author says that "it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking," he means that
Responses
A the morning sun rose so bright that it hurt the two men's eyes.the morning sun rose so bright that it hurt the two men's eyes.
B the sunlight never appeared on this very misty and cold morning.the sunlight never appeared on this very misty and cold morning.
C it was very hard for the morning sun to pierce through gray mist.it was very hard for the morning sun to pierce through gray mist.
D the two men were very depressed by the lack of sunlight in the train.the two men were very depressed by the lack of sunlight in the train.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
"The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking; and it was impossible to distinguish anything more than a few yards away from the carriage windows."
When the author says that "it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking," he means that
Responses
A the morning sun rose so bright that it hurt the two men's eyes.the morning sun rose so bright that it hurt the two men's eyes.
B the sunlight never appeared on this very misty and cold morning.the sunlight never appeared on this very misty and cold morning.
C it was very hard for the morning sun to pierce through gray mist.it was very hard for the morning sun to pierce through gray mist.
D the two men were very depressed by the lack of sunlight in the train.the two men were very depressed by the lack of sunlight in the train.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct response is:
C) it was very hard for the morning sun to pierce through gray mist.
This interpretation aligns with the description of the damp and misty conditions, suggesting that the sun struggled to break through the fog.
C) it was very hard for the morning sun to pierce through gray mist.
This interpretation aligns with the description of the damp and misty conditions, suggesting that the sun struggled to break through the fog.