Question

Which one of the following statements best characterizes Arnold's view of the world?
A. The world is a confusing and hostile place.
B. The world is just a dream.
C. The world is made for lovers.
D. The world is not a beautiful place.

Answer 1

Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

It is most likely A.
As hinted by "Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night", the world can be a confusing place.
"Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain", hint that the world can be hostile and unforgiving. "Nor help for pain" hints that the world can be lonely as well.

Answer 5

It may also be "B", since the entirety of the poem focuses on a dreamlike state of the world.

Answer 6

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