2. What is most likely the central or main idea of the following passage (paragraph 1)? *
(The dawns were heralded by the descent of a chill stillness; the woodcutters slept, their fires bumed low, the snapping of a twig
would make you start. We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on an earth that wore the aspect of an unknown planet. We
could have fancied ourselves the first of men taking possession of an accursed inheritance, to be subdued at the cost of
profound anguish and of excessive toll.)
A. Marlow believes he and his crew have literally time-traveled to the Stone Age.
B. Marlow is desperate to return home.
C. Marlow views the journey as necessary for his religious beliefs and spiritual
enlightenment
D. Marlow compares the Congo to an undiscovered planet, and feels it is his duty to
tame the wilderness, no matter the cost.