Assonance refers to the repetition of the same vowel in neighboring words. Having that in mind, the correct answer should be twice and miles.
As you can see, both of these words have the vowel i which is read as <em>eye</em> in both words. The other options do not have such a repetition of the same vowel which is why they are incorrect.
In response to the argument that the British have protected the colonies, Thomas Paine argues that while this is technically true, the British have only done so for their own economic gain--not out of a feeling of altruism.
The main reason why Franz Kafka, before his death, instructed his friend Max Brod to destroy all his unpublished manuscripts was because he didn't want his unfinished work to be read.
