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History, 06.11.2020 17:10 aleshachrishon42

Read the passage below carefully and then answer the question. (from "Luck," by Mark Twain, 1891)
I was at a dinner in London given in honor of one of the most celebrated English military men of his time. I do not want to tell you his real name and titles. I
will just call him Lieutenant General Lord Arthur Scoresby.
I can not describe my excitement when I saw this great and famous man. There he sat. The man himself, in person, all covered with medals. I could not
take my eyes off him. He seemed to show the true mark of greatness. His fame had no effect on him.
The hundreds of eyes watching him, the worship of so many people did not seem to make any difference to him.
Next to me sat a clergyman, who was an old friend of mine. He was not always a clergyman. During the first half of his life, he was a teacher in the military
school at Woolwich. There was a strange look in his eye as he leaned toward me and whispered, "Privately—he is a complete fool." He meant, of course,
the hero of our dinner.
This came as a shock to me. I looked hard at my friend. I could not have been more surprised if he had said the same thing about Napoleon, or Socrates,
or Solomon
But I was sure of two things about the clergyman. He always spoke the truth. And his judgment of men was good. Therefore, I wanted to find out more
about our hero as soon as I could
After reading this passage, what do you believe the narrator is most likely to say next?

A. “You are a liar; that can’t be true.”

B. “This food is absolutely great!”

C. “In what area did he serve?”

D. “What makes you say that?”

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