Question 1 Which of these inferences is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 1)?
We had enlisted some of these chaps on the way for a crew. Fine fellows-cannibals-in their place. They were men one could work with, and I am grateful to them. And, after all, they did not eat each other before my face: they had brought along a provision of hippo-meat which went
rotten, and made the mystery of the wilderness stink in my nostrils.
A. The narrator is considering becoming a cannibal.
B. The narrator believes his crewmembers to be skilled and competent, despite their different customs
C. The cannibals respect their captain
D. The narrator was hesitant to accept cannibals onto his crew, but is happy he changed his mind no

B). The narrator believes his crewmembers to be skilled and competent, despite their different customs.

Explanation:

The given excerpt has been taken from Joseph Conrad popular fiction 'Heart of Darkness' and it primarily aims to portray the Marlowe's(as an outsider's) point of view of the African natives. Some of the natives were the crew members of Marlowe and his journey eventually made him realize that they were 'cannibals-in their place' and not that savage or barbaric as they are portrayed to be. This inference is supported by the descriptions 'they were men one could work with' which shows their comptence and 'his gratefulness towards them.' Thus, option B is the correct answer.

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .

c, have a good day ~matya