Question 3 of 5

instructions: select the correct answer.
in this excerpt from act iv, scene i, of twelfth night, sebastian is unable to understand why
feste drags him to olivia’s house, why he is attacked by sir andrew, or why he is called cesario:

sebastian: what relish is in this? how runs the stream?
or i am mad/ or else this is a dream: —
let fancy still my sense in lethe steep;
if it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!

which of the following statements is the correct interpretation of sebastian’s words in the excerpt?

a)lethe was the river that ran through sebastian’s country messaline; he is remembering the time he spent there sleeping and having great dreams.
b)sebastian thinks that he may be dead, so he mentions the river lethe, which is associated in greek mythology with death.
c) sebastian feels he may be suffering from amnesia after the shipwreck, and refers to the river lethe, which is associated with forgetfulness in greek mythology.
d) sebastian was found by antonio beside the river lethe in illyria; he is recalling the time when he regained consciousness after the shipwreck.

The statement that is the correct interpretation of Sebastian’s words in the excerpt is "Sebastian feels he may be suffering from amnesia after the shipwreck, and refers to the river Lethe, which is associated with forgetfulness in Greek mythology"

Explanation:

This excerpt from act IV, scene I, of Twelfth Night, show the bewilderment of Sebastian and even the words he uses and the way he expresses them seem to make no sense, everything is unreal for him in this lines so he fears to be dreaming or losing his mind in a new reality without memories, as he refers to the river Lethe.

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen