But how just has it been! and how should all men reflect
that, when they compare their present conditions with
others that are worse, heaven may oblige them to make
the exchange, and be convinced of their former felicity by
their experience. i say, how just has it been that the truly
solitary life i reflected on, in an island of mere desolation,
should be my lot, who had so often unjustly compared it
with the life which i then led, in which, had i continued, i
had, in all probability, been exceeding prosperous and rich.
which words from this excerpt best convey its tone?
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a. desolation, solitary
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b. reflect, oblige
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c. exchange, exceeding
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d. prosperous, rich

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?