2. PART B: Which quote from the text
best supports the answer to Part A?
O A "People have many different
strategies for dealing with
stressful situations - some
helpful, and some not so helpful."
(Paragraph 1)
OB "when humor is overused as a
coping mechanism, it can lead to
denial or avoidance" (Paragraph
O
C
"Sigmund Freud, the famous
psychoanalyst who was the first
person to study the significance
of dreams, is credited with
popularizing the idea of denial."
(Paragraph 9)
"a person who has dissociative
behavior may even invent a new
imaginary world where they do
not have to face an
uncomfortable feeling or
memory." (Paragraph 11)
O
D

b is the correct answer

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.