Read these lines: "He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken. He saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. That club was a revelation. It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law, and he met the introduction halfway." Calling the club a revelation suggests that it

1. 1. A revelation is something newly shown, so the word points to knowledge rather than pain. 2. 2. The quoted lines call the club his introduction to the reign of primitive law, which names the new knowledge. 3. 3. Being beaten but not broken shows the lesson changed what he understood rather than crushing him. 4. 4. Option B turns a lesson into a comment on pain, which the word revelation does not carry. 5. 5. Option C imports a memory the lines never mention. 6. 6. Option D reverses the meaning, since the lesson came from a man who had just clubbed him. _Source: The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1903)_