Question 2 Instructions
Read the question carefully and select the best answer.
What is most likely the central or main idea of the following passage (paragraph 1)?
The dawns were heralded by the descent of a chill stillness; the woodcutters slept, their fires burned low; the snapping of a twig would make you
start. We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on an earth that wore the aspect of an unknown planet. We could have fancied ourselves the
first of men taking possession of an accursed inheritance, to be subdued at the cost of profound anguish and of excessive toil.
A. Marlow believes he and his crew have literally time-traveled to the Stone Age.
B. Marlow is desperate to return home.
C. Marlow views the journey as necessary for his religious beliefs and spiritual enlightenment
D. Marlow compares the Congo to an undiscovered planet, and feels it is his duty to tame the wilderness, no matter the cost.
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