Answer: B. Schlemiel means "an ineffectual, bumbling person," and this description fits the forgetful Professor Schlemiel very well.
Explanation: If you look up the meaning of Schlemiel, you’ll find it’s a Yiddish term, meaning “incompetent person” or “fool”. In the story, Professor Schlemiel is forgetful and disorganized, so much so that he forgets his own address, on his birthday of all days. This description definitely fits him.
And yes, I’m a k12 student, I did the quiz for this story. Best of luck!
I hate to be that one person, but what are we supposed to do?
You explore possible topics during the prewriting stage of the writing process. Hope this is useful.
<span>The old South Boston Aquarium stands
in a Sahara of snow now. Its broken windows are boarded.
The bronze weathervane cod has lost half its scales.
The airy tanks are dry.Once my nose crawled like a snail on the glass;
my hand tingled
to burst the bubbles,
drifting from the noses of the cowed, compliant fish.
The first two verses are the perfect poetic evidence of Robert Lowell's poem. He rhythmically described the loss of the childhood memories in the beginning and continued establishing the development of the character further in the poetry.</span>
