Question

12th grade pre - assessment
assessment questions
question 12
how does the authors decision to end the passage with the following quotation contribute to the passages overall meaning? two and two there floated into my inmost soul, endless processions of the whale, and, mid most of them all, one grand hooded phantom, like a snow hill in the air. (paragraph 7)
a. it shows that the narrator trusts the fates to protect his voyage.
b. it suggests that the whale is a product of the narrators imagination.
c. it shows how the narrators commitment to his goal will lead to success.
d. it develops a sense of foreboding around the narrators pursuit of the whale.
text: moby dick by herman melville (1851) is in the public domain. this text has been modified.
image: old dutch sailing boat by patricia is from stock adobe com.
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Explanation:

The description of the whale as a "grand hooded phantom" creates an ominous and foreboding atmosphere. It implies that the narrator's pursuit of the whale may not end well, suggesting a sense of impending danger or doom. There is no mention of the Fates, the whale being a product of imagination in this context, or the narrator's success in the passage.

Answer:

D. It develops a sense of foreboding around the narrator's pursuit of the whale.