Question 19 • English III Remediation 1st Grading Period
How was this vile nervous fit, for such I now persuaded myself it was, to be conquered? I determined to force myself not to look at the painting but to undress quickly and get into bed. I began to undress, but in spite of every effort I could not keep myself from stealing a glance every now and then at the picture; and a glance was now sufficient to distress me. Even when my back was turned to it, the idea of this strange face behind me, peering over my shoulder, was insufferable.
Answer
b
by revealing an unhinged psychological state
b
by describing a scene of blood and gore
b
by depicting the triumph of reason over the irrational
b
by illustrating the confused plans of the narrator
Explanation
The narrator calls the experience a “nervous fit” and says that even the thought of the painted face behind them is unbearable. Their inability to control where they look reveals intense, possibly unhinged psychological distress. The passage contains no blood or gore, and reason does not triumph over the narrator’s fear.
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