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Read these lines: "It was in vain that Fortunato, uplifting his dull torch, endeavoured to pry into the depth of the recess. Its termination the feeble light did not enable us to see." As used in the quoted lines, "termination" most nearly means
Athe reason that it was first dug out
Bthe sound made inside the hollow space
Cthe far end at which the hollow stops
Dthe height of the roof above their heads
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. the far end at which the hollow stops
1. The man is holding up a torch and trying to see into the depth of the recess.
2. What defeats him is the weakness of the light over distance, so the missing thing lies far off.
3. The word therefore names the point at which the hollow finishes, option C.
4. Option D would be defeated by a low roof rather than by a feeble light, and the quoted lines blame the light.
_Source: Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado, public domain_
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