Question

Based on the excerpt from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," which sentence best describes Mr. Gascoigne?A.
Mr. Gascoigne was fueled with feelings of patriotism and he felt compassion for his friends.
B.
Mr. Gascoigne was so thrilled to hear himself speak that he didn’t care who was listening.
C.
Mr. Gascoigne became delirious and couldn’t help talking incessantly to everyone.
D.
Mr. Gascoigne was feeling nostalgic and wanted to show off his knowledge of politics.
E.
Mr. Gascoigne had delusions about his understanding of national politics and people’s rights.

Answer 1

Who is Mr. Gascoinge in Nathaniel Hawthorne's work?

Answer 2

Mr. Gascoigne was once notorious for being an evil, crooked politician, but time has forgotten him. When he drinks from the Fountain of Youth he begins speaking near-nonsense about vague political issues and ideals—and, like all the others, becomes infatuated with the now-young Widow Wycherly.

Answer 3

Alright so let's look at the options. Which do you think we can eliminate?

Answer 4

E and D

Answer 5

Why can we eliminate these two?

Answer 6

Mostly because in the arctile he never really had a talk about politice more just hated them

Answer 7

Okay so from all of this reasoning which do you think is the correct answer?

Answer 8

I want to say A because it is about his feeling and which would make sense since it is an article about an expriment with how people react to certian things.

Answer 9

Thank you for the help

Answer 10

A wouldn't be consistent with his character though. You said he was a corrupt and evil politician. He wouldn't then have genuine compassion for anyone.

Answer 11

True

Answer 12

What about B he did talk a lot and really didnt care for others