Question

select the correct answer from the drop - down menu. look at the underlined details in paragraphs 7 - 10. (7) i rose up and went over to lemarchant’s side. horror of horrors, he was sleeping soundly! (8) i laid the altered powder quietly by his pillow, took away his that i had laid out in readiness for him, and crept back to my own place noiselessly. there i lay awake, hot and feverish, wondering to myself hour after hour when he would ever wake and take it. (9) at last he woke, and looked over towards me with unusual interest. “hullo, doctor,” he said quite genially, “how are you this morning, eh? getting on well, i hope.” it was the first time during all my illness that he had ever inquired after me. the author uses these details to and build suspense over the course of the three paragraphs. options: move the reader through the event quickly, focus on lemarchant’s illness, reveal the narrator’s thoughts, intensify the slow passage of time

Explanation:

The details in paragraphs 7 - 10 (like the narrator's actions around Lemarchant, waiting for him to wake, etc.) focus on the slow passage of time (e.g., "hour after hour" waiting for him to wake, the careful, slow actions). The other options don't fit: the passage isn't about moving the reader quickly, Lemarchant's illness isn't the main focus of these details (they're about the narrator's waiting and actions), and it's not mainly about the narrator's thoughts. So the correct reason is to intensify the slow passage of time.

Answer:

intensify the slow passage of time