The narrator is looking for Rev. Leonidas Smiley as his friend told him to.
Answer:
C
Explanation:
they cannot take much or any joy in their achievements
Answer: I would contend that the right answer is actually "to fake."
Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that one of the meanings of the verb to affect is to feign, which can be translated as to pretend or to give a false appearance of something. If the character was trying to "conceal certain inconvenient emotions" which, nevertheless, "seemed inclined to assert themselves" by affecting high spirits, he was, therefore, faking those high spirits, in order to hide his true feelings from the people who had just arrived.
Answer:
This question can not be answered. You did not give the poem name, so we have no idea what you want to know.