Answer:
The answer is B. Cautiously curious
Explanation:
Words/phrases such as "about which I'd heard much" and "the gratification of my curiosity" are enough to establish that he is curious to see the "private mad-house," but it still cautious in his approach of the idea of seeing it.
1. Violence
2. Pessimistic
C, Is is the answer.
Would be is past tense,
Were too is past tense
Is is present tense and so is the sentence
Are does not sound right in the sentence
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