Question

select the best evidence to support the statement \the narrator believes that young people who are overly cautious should not be trusted.\ there may be more than one correct choice.

no doubt a youth who received impressions cautiously, whose love was lukewarm, and whose mind was too prudent for his age and so of little value, such a young man might, i admit, have avoided what happened to my hero. but in some cases it is really more creditable to be carried away by an emotion, however unreasonable, which springs from a great love, than to be unmoved. and this is even truer in youth, for a young person who is always sensible is to be suspected and is of little worth—thats my opinion!

\but,\ reasonable people will exclaim perhaps, \every young man cannot believe in such a superstition and your hero is no model for others.\

from fyodor dostoyevsky, the brothers karamazov

Explanation:

To support the statement, we look for text showing the narrator's view on overly cautious youth. The sentence "And this is even truer in youth, for a young person who is always sensible is to be suspected and is of little worth—that's my opinion!" directly states that overly cautious (always sensible) young people should be suspected (not trusted) and are of little worth. Another relevant part is "No doubt a youth... whose mind was too prudent for his age and so of little value... might... have avoided what happened to my hero" as it implies such cautious youth are of little value, and combined with the later statement about suspicion, it supports the claim. But the most direct evidence is the sentence about suspecting sensible young people.

Answer:

The relevant evidence is: "And this is even truer in youth, for a young person who is always sensible is to be suspected and is of little worth—that's my opinion!" (and also the part about the cautious youth being of little value, but the former is more direct for the "should not be trusted" aspect).