"Dusk" by H.H. Munro ("Saki")

Question

Question
Use the passage below to answer the question.

Which piece of evidence best shows Gortsby’s emotional state? Select the two correct answers.

(1 point)
Responses

“He had failed in a more subtle ambition, and for the moment he was heartsore and disillusionised, and not disinclined to take a certain cynical pleasure in observing and labelling his fellow wanderers as they went their ways in the dark stretches between the lamp-lights.”
“He had failed in a more subtle ambition, and for the moment he was heartsore and disillusionised, and not disinclined to take a certain cynical pleasure in observing and labelling his fellow wanderers as they went their ways in the dark stretches between the lamp-lights.”

“Money troubles did not press on him; had he so wished he could have strolled into the thoroughfares of light and noise, and taken his place among the jostling ranks of those who enjoyed prosperity or struggled for it.”
“Money troubles did not press on him; had he so wished he could have strolled into the thoroughfares of light and noise, and taken his place among the jostling ranks of those who enjoyed prosperity or struggled for it.”

“On the bench by his side sat an elderly gentleman with a drooping air of defiance that was probably the remaining vestige of self-respect in an individual who had ceased to defy successfully anybody or anything.”
“On the bench by his side sat an elderly gentleman with a drooping air of defiance that was probably the remaining vestige of self-respect in an individual who had ceased to defy successfully anybody or anything.”

“Beyond the sheltering screen of bushes and palings came a realm of brilliant lights and noisy, rushing traffic.”
“Beyond the sheltering screen of bushes and palings came a realm of brilliant lights and noisy, rushing traffic.”

“He was in the mood to count himself among the defeated.”

Answer 1

The two pieces of evidence that best show Gortsby’s emotional state are:

1. “He had failed in a more subtle ambition, and for the moment he was heartsore and disillusionised, and not disinclined to take a certain cynical pleasure in observing and labelling his fellow wanderers as they went their ways in the dark stretches between the lamp-lights.”

2. “He was in the mood to count himself among the defeated.”

These selections illustrate Gortsby's feelings of disappointment, disillusionment, and cynicism.