Question

Read this line from The War of the Worlds:
And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.

What does this line suggest happened in the twentieth century?
People became tired of the fear that haunted them daily.
People grew weary of the way they had been living.
People gave up trying to contact other planets and beings.
People realized they had been naïve to think they were alone.

Answer 1

@XeNoN

Answer 2

would this be a?

Answer 3

Disillusionment is a feeling of disappointment which is the result when one realizes that something isn't what they thought it would be.

Answer 4

So which ones can we eliminate, now that we know this?

Answer 5

Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.
this is the sentene around it

Answer 6

i feel all of them could fit that definition

Answer 7

So, one of the paragraphs from your previous question stated that the humans hoped these extraterrestrial men would be less than them, needing help from humans. Now, in this paragraph, we see that the extraterrestrial men are much smarter than the human men, they are unsympathetic.
The extraterrestrial men have their eyes set on Earth, with evil plans, according to this paragraph.

Answer 8

d?

Answer 9

Yes, that's right.