Small indeed was my appetite. this inexplicable incident, this reversal of my previous experience, seemed, like the babylonian finger on the wall, to be spelling out the letters of my judgment; and i began to reflect more seriously than ever before on the issues and possibilities of my double existence. what conclusion can the reader draw about dr. jekyll from this excerpt?

a.) he is a spiritual man devoted to his religious studies.

b.) he is concerned about the course of his experiment.

c.) he is worried about the financial responsibility of a double life.

d.) he is afraid of being exposed as a fraud.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. it was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that i encountered friend. he accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much. the man wore motley. had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. i wa to see him that i thought i should never have done wringing his hand. in the excerpt above, the use of the word madness is meant to o provide the reason for fortunato's ridiculous outfit. invoke a feeling of anger in the scene. screate a sarcastic tone in the narrator. describe the lawlessness of the carnival season. next question v ron urun