<span>They are not comforted by his words, and they remain together.</span>
Despite the lack of a passage in this question, it is still possible to identify the option containing a subject of <em>ridicule.</em>
The correct answer is: Squealer calls the other animals ignorant.
"To ridicule" means to perform an action that undermines the reputation of someone or something in order to make them/it seem foolish. This is accomplished in the sentence as the subject, Squealer, humiliates the object, the other animals, by calling them "ignorant".
He was not surprised because he was already going insane. Since he was hallucinating that the raven was spouting words at him. He was already ill to begin with so it was not a surprise he thought the raven spoke.
Coordinate adjectives are two or more adjectives that describe the same noun. Coordinate adjectives are equally important and are separated by a comma.
