Question

As we hiked through the snow-covered woods, we remembered the weather forecaster's predictions, which seemed in retrospect rather Panglossian.

Answer 1

is this a book thing or

Answer 2

what is this?

Answer 3

Yeah....?

Answer 4

Is this a question or a statement ???

Answer 5

question

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So where is the question ???

Answer 7

I don't understand this question

Answer 8

Read the source of the allusion.
In Voltaire's 1759 novel Candide, Pangloss is a tutor whose worldview is relentlessly upbeat to the point of excessive optimism.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
As we hiked through the snow-covered woods, we remembered the weather forecaster's predictions, which seemed in retrospect rather Panglossian.

Answer 9

Do you know what allusion means??

Answer 10

allusion
mean an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

Answer 11

ok so is there anything in the passage that would match that??

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Anywho, on with it; from some research, I was able to sabotage the answer choices.

Unreasonably positive. —
Uncannily prophetic. —
Unfairly pessimistic. —

Okay, let's start out with context clues to the question given.

In Voltaire's 1759 novel Candide, Pangloss is a tutor whose worldview is relentlessly upbeat to the point of excessive `optimism.`
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

Okay, now that we see it has `optimism` in the text, we can now figure out what it means. According to Merriam-Webster, it defines it as: an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome. which in other terms is a positive outcome.

Now that we have that, we can see `A` would be our answer because, it is positive situation.

Let's make a double check first!
`Prophetic` defines as: of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
`Pessimistic` defines as: of, relating to, or characterized by pessimism — referring to an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome