1. What was meant by the "closing" of the Western frontier? A. the evacuation of many Western towns due to attacks from Native Americans
B. the failure of American railroad companies to establish cities and towns out west
C. the decision by the United States government to prevent additional settlement
D. the settlement of most of the land between the East and West Coasts

2. How does the point of view in Jack London's story "The Law of Life" reflect a characteristic of Naturalism?
A. The narrator is a man pitted against nature, and he knows he will lose.
B. The narrator knows what will happen to Koskoosh, but Koskoosh does not.
C. The narrator is Koskoosh's son, who has seen death many times but fears losing his father.
D. The narrator knows (and reveals to readers) that Koskoosh will be rescued by his people.

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

1.me is the correct answer

it would be nice to see the passage but with my understanding of the word oxymoron they speaker is saying that love is contradictory.