Read the following passage from Robinson Crusoe:However, he afterwards talked very gravely to me; exhorted me to go back to my f
ather, and not tempt Providence to my ruin; told me I might see a visible hand of Heaven against me: "And young man," said he, "depend upon it, if you do not go back, wherever you go you will meet with nothing but disasters and disappointments till your Father's words are fulfilled upon you."What event from the story does this passage most likely foreshadow? A.Crusoe's questioning of God's punishment and his anger over it B.Crusoe's abandoning of the ship after it wrecked C.Crusoe's decision to return to seek his parents' forgiveness D.Crusoe's disappointment over the bag of corn being useless
The passage predicts an event in the novel. This event is Crusoe's quest for God and his anger over it. We can observe it from the style and description of the passage with the curse of Crusoe's father and his disobedience. The correct answer is A.
A gerund is a form that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun, in English ending in -ing, e.g., asking in "do you mind me <u>asking</u> you?"
