The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill-will of the two men had not stood in the way; as boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other, and this wind-scourged winter night Ulrich had banded together his foresters to watch the dark forest, not in quest of four-footed quarry, but to keep a look-out for the prowling thieves whom he suspected of being afoot from across the land boundary.

Question

The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill-will of the two men had not stood in the way; as boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other, and this wind-scourged winter night Ulrich had banded together his foresters to watch the dark forest, not in quest of four-footed quarry, but to keep a look-out for the prowling thieves whom he suspected of being afoot from across the land boundary.
Use the passage to answer the question. If a writer wanted to replace the word dark with one that created a greater sense of dread, what word might the writer use?

A. ebony
B. dim
C. shadowy
D. opaque

GPT-4o mini · Answer

A writer looking to replace the word "dark" with a term that creates a greater sense of dread might choose **C. shadowy**. This word evokes an image of something hidden or sinister, enhancing the sense of unease in the context of the passage.