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Read these lines: "As I stood at the door, on a sudden I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak which stood about twenty yards from our house; and so soon as the dazzling light vanished, the oak had disappeared, and nothing remained but a blasted stump. It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbons of wood." What happened to the oak?
AIt was set alight and burned for hours
BIt was blown over and fell on the house
CIt was torn into thin strips, leaving a stump
DIt was left standing but stripped of leaves
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. It was torn into thin strips, leaving a stump
1. 1. A stream of fire strikes the oak, and when the light goes only a blasted stump is left.
2. 2. The last sentence rules out splintering and names what did happen: reduction to thin ribbons of wood.
3. 3. Ribbons of wood and a stump together give the first option.
4. 4. Nothing burns for hours, nothing falls on the house, and the tree does not remain standing.
_Source: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818)_
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