Question

sense i am acquainted with all petersburg.
i have mentioned already that i had felt worried for three whole days before i guessed the cause of my uneasiness. and i felt ill at ease in the street—this one had gone and that one had gone, and what had become of the other?—and at home i did not feel like myself either. for two evenings i was puzzling my brains to think what was amiss in my corner; why i felt so uncomfortable in it. and in perplexity i scanned my grimy green walls, my ceiling covered with a spider’s web, the growth of which matrona¹ has so successfully encouraged. i looked over all my furniture, examined every chair, wondering whether the trouble lay there (for if one chair is not standing in the same position as it stood the day before, i am not myself). i looked at the window, but it was all in vain . . . i was not a bit the better for it! . . .
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complete the table by matching each event from the story with an aspect of the narrator’s coming-of-age experience.
table columns: mourning a repainted house, examining the furniture at home, passing through the city gates; rows: the narrator achieves relief for his emotional discomfort., the narrator realizes a need to determine the reason for being upset., the narrator attempts to disguise unwelcome feelings.

Answer:

To solve this, we analyze each event and match it with the aspect:

1. The narrator achieves relief for his emotional discomfort.

• Let's check the aspects. "Passing through the city gates" (likely a moment of resolution/growth) or others? Wait, no—wait, the text doesn’t mention city gates here. Wait, the first event: the narrator’s emotional relief. Wait, maybe "Mourning a repainted house"? No. Wait, re-reading: the narrator was upset, then maybe after some action, relief. But the options: Wait, the second event: "realizes a need to determine the reason"—matches "I guessed the cause of my uneasiness" (he tries to find why he’s upset). The third: "attempts to disguise unwelcome feelings"—maybe not. Wait, let's re-express:

• "The narrator achieves relief for his emotional discomfort." → Likely no direct match here? Wait, no—wait, the table has three aspects: Mourning a repainted house, Examining the furniture at home, Passing through the city gates. Wait, the text says: "I looked over all my furniture, examined every chair..." → so "Examining the furniture at home" is an action. Let's map:

1. The narrator achieves relief for his emotional discomfort. → Maybe Passing through the city gates (if that’s a resolution moment, but text doesn’t say. Wait, maybe I misread. Wait, the text is from a story (likely The Overcoat or similar). Let's use the text:

• "I felt ill at ease... For two evenings I was puzzling my brains to think what was amiss... I scanned my walls... looked over all my furniture..."

Now, the three aspects:

• Mourning a repainted house: If the house was repainted, mourning it (change).
• Examining the furniture at home: The narrator “looked over all my furniture, examined every chair” → matches this.
• Passing through the city gates: A coming-of-age moment of leaving/entering.

Matching each event:

1. The narrator achieves relief for his emotional discomfort. → If “passing through city gates” is the resolution (relief), but text doesn’t confirm. Wait, maybe the answer is:

• The narrator achieves relief for his emotional discomfort. → Passing through the city gates (if that’s the moment of relief).
• The narrator realizes a need to determine the reason for being upset. → He “puzzled my brains to think what was amiss” → matches the action of seeking the reason.
• The narrator attempts to disguise unwelcome feelings. → Maybe Mourning a repainted house (if the house changed, he mourns, disguising his discomfort).

But to match the text:

• “I looked over all my furniture, examined every chair” → Examining the furniture at home (matches the action of examining).
• “I had felt worried... before I guessed the cause” → realizes a need to determine the reason (he tries to find why he’s upset).
• “Mourning a repainted house” → if the house was repainted, he mourns the change (disguising unwelcome feelings about the change).

Final Matches (assuming standard story context):

• The narrator achieves relief for his emotional discomfort. → Passing through the city gates (resolution).
• The narrator realizes a need to determine the reason for being upset. → (action of puzzling to find cause).
• The narrator attempts to disguise unwelcome feelings. → Mourning a repainted house (mourning the change, hiding discomfort).

But to answer the table (matching each event to an aspect):

1. The narrator achieves relief for his emotional discomfort. → Passing through the city gates
2. The narrator realizes a need to determine the reason for being upset. → (no direct aspect? Wait, no—wait, the aspects are the columns. Wait, the table is:

Event	Mourning a repainted house	Examining the furniture at home	Passing through the city gates
The narrator realizes a need...	☐	☑	☐	(because he examined furniture to find the reason)
The narrator attempts to disguise...	☑	☐	☐	(mourning the repainted house as a way to disguise feelings)

Final Answers (matching each row to a column):

• The narrator achieves relief for his emotional discomfort. → Passing through the city gates
• The narrator realizes a need to determine the reason for being upset. → Examining the furniture at home
• The narrator attempts to disguise unwelcome feelings. → Mourning a repainted house

(Note: This assumes the story’s context, where “passing through gates” is a resolution, “examining furniture” is seeking the reason, and “mourning the repainted house” is disguising feelings about change.)