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Read these lines: "It gave me the best assurance that I might rely with the utmost confidence on the results which, he said, would flow from teaching me to read. What he most dreaded, that I most desired. What he most loved, that I most hated." The two short balanced sentences at the end serve mainly to
Aset the master's aim and the narrator's aim in exact opposition
Badmit that the narrator had not yet decided what he would do
Clist the subjects the master had refused to discuss with him
Dshow that the two men in fact wanted the very same outcome
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. set the master's aim and the narrator's aim in exact opposition
1. The sentence before them says the master's own certainty is what convinced the narrator that the results would be real.
2. The two sentences that follow are built on the same frame twice, with only the feelings swapped.
3. Dreaded is answered by desired, and loved is answered by hated, so every term is turned around.
4. That mirrored shape puts the two men in exact opposition, option A.
5. Option D says the opposite of what the mirroring does.
6. Option B claims hesitation, yet the balanced form is a statement of settled purpose, not of doubt.
7. Option C treats the sentences as a list of topics, which they are not.
_Source: Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845), public domain_
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