The Reward of Enterprise by Ward Muir

Question

Which pieces of evidence show that Harborough considers the sharks as belonging in the ocean? Select two correct answers

a. --the burnished sheen on the water, the glistening tautness of its lofty skyline, the sapphire blue of the sky itself, and, most lucidly of all, the silhouette of the shark."
b. "The shark was not passive, in the element, was I was; it was monarch of the waves, it could drive through them with the precision of a torpedo."
c. "I had invaded a realm which I had no business to invade. . . and its guardian was come to punish me."
d. "Every movement of the shark was now plain to me; and it was moving, there was no doubt of it: a trail of bubbles streamed from its flank and a tiny streak of froth fluttered behind the fin."
e. "Near the skyline rim of the superb mountain-range upon which I was commencing to rise I saw shadowy in the translucent green, an unmistakable shape--the shape of a great : a shark"

Answer 1

The two pieces of evidence that show Harborough considers the sharks as belonging in the ocean are:

b. "The shark was not passive, in the element, was I was; it was monarch of the waves, it could drive through them with the precision of a torpedo."

c. "I had invaded a realm which I had no business to invade. . . and its guardian was come to punish me."

These selections indicate Harborough's recognition of the shark as a powerful, rightful inhabitant of its oceanic environment, suggesting that he feels out of place in its domain.