Question

Use the excerpt from the story “Dusk” by H. H. Munro to answer the question.

Which event helps develop theme of perception versus reality in the text? Select the three correct answers.

(2 points)
Responses

The young man reaches into his pockets in search of the soap.
The young man reaches into his pockets in search of the soap.

Gortsby interprets the man’s actions as a performance intended to create sympathy.
Gortsby interprets the man’s actions as a performance intended to create sympathy.

Gortsby recalls a similar thing happening to him when he was in a foreign capital.
Gortsby recalls a similar thing happening to him when he was in a foreign capital.

Gortsby believes that the absence of a bar of soap means that the young man’s story is untrue.
Gortsby believes that the absence of a bar of soap means that the young man’s story is untrue.

Gortsby finds the soap and concludes that the young man’s story was true.
Gortsby finds the soap and concludes that the young man’s story was true.

The young man gets up and walks down the path away from Gortsby.
The young man gets up and walks down the path away from Gortsby.

Answer 1

The three correct answers are:

- Gortsby interprets the man’s actions as a performance intended to create sympathy.
- Gortsby believes that the absence of a bar of soap means that the young man’s story is untrue.
- Gortsby finds the soap and concludes that the young man’s story was true.