The answer is B. "He asked himself where it had come from and how; the past provided no explanation, and the future could not justify it."
This option is not a dark humor because it does not show the opposite side of happiness. The other choices explain that although there is happiness, he considered it as a burden- making it a dark humor.
The following line uses iambic pentameter:
B. I think that John is looking glum to me.
<em>Iambic pentameter is whenever there are five feet in which there is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. </em>
Feet- are small groups of syllables.
(<em>I</em> think) (<em>that</em> John) (<em>is</em> look) (<em>ing</em> glum) (to me).
- bold= stressed
- italics= unstressed
- ( ) = feet