As a woman I would wish that B would be the correct answer but if we are talking about what would happen if it were historically correct then D would be the right answer because that's what women "were made to do".
Let's look at lines 17-19 again:
<span>17. Its letters, although naturally lying
18. Like the knight Pinto-Mendez Ferdinando-
19. Still form a synonym for Truth-Cease trying!
The crucial word here is "like" - it means that the letters are "like" - compared to the knight. A direct comparison such as this one is a Simile - this is the correct answer.
A metaphor is similar to a simile in that it treats something as if it was another thing, but it does not include a direct comparison.
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I think the answer is number 2
Answer:
good sense and sound judgement in practical matters.
Explanation:
The title could be interpreted as a story about a man's dream and the confusion of was he dreaming or did that actually happen. Or it could be interpreted as a delusion a man had and he is having trouble figuring out the difference between reality or imagination.