I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections upon self.

Question

1. Which words from this text help develop the theme of pride?


Exquisite pleasure
Recollections of childhood
Misfortune had tainted
Extensive usefulness

I am pretty sure the answer is A what do you think?

2. 10. Which lines from the text most clearly suggest that nature will defeat the narrator?
1. . .misfortune had tainted my mind and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections upon self.
2. . . .I always came from my studies discontented and unsatisfied.
3. I never beheld anything so utterly destroyed.

for this one I think the answer is 3

Answer 1

I disagree with your answer for 1.

2. Two of these lines are not included in the text you posted.

Answer 2

question 2 is a completely different question.
What do you think the first one is

Answer 3

I think D is the best answer for 1.

You may be right about 2, but why did you choose 3 rather than 1?

Answer 4

it was lighting that was "utterly destroyed"

Answer 5

How can lighting be "utterly destroyed?" A burned out bulb? A power failure?

Answer 6

sorry the lighting 'untruly destroyed' a tree

Answer 7

the other sentence is I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections upon self.

Answer 8

They are both probably right now.