Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend. He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much. The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. I was so pleased to see him that I thought I should never have done wringing his hand. In the excerpt above, the word surmounted most nearly means _____.
A;;mounted upon

B;;gotten over or across

C;;prevailed over

D;;equaled in value

Answer 1

Answer:

C;; prevailed over

Explanation:

The verb surmount means to stand or be located on top of.  In the excerpt from "The Cask of Amontillado," by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator describes the festive mood of the carnival season and what his friend is wearing - a jester's costume with a conical cap and bells over his head.

Answer 2

Answer:

A. mounted upon

Explanation:

-Mounted upon refers to putting an object over something else.

-Gotten over or across means to be well after something bad has ocurred to you.

-Prevailed over means that something is superior to something else.

-Equaled in value means to be worth the same.

According to this, the answer is that in the excerpt above, the word surmounted most nearly means mounted upon.