This is known as Pareidolia. Pareidolia is a phenomenon where people assign human qualities to objects that are not related to humans with the most widely known examples being of seeing human faces in objects like the man in the moon or the face on mars. Other well known examples would be seeing shapes in clouds, seeing religious images on food and so forth.
Explanation:
1. At the moment, I am trying to figure out a math problem.
2. When I go home from school my mother is in her office doing work online.
If a character has the same perspective and personality at the beginning as it does at the end of a story, then the character is static.
Answer:I managed to find the complete exercise on the Internet, given that you haven't provided us with all options given to you.
1. cogitating = contemplating
To cogitate means to think about something (cogito in Latin literally means 'to think). Contemplating means to mull over a couple (or a lot) of options which is what Mr. Gamefield is doing in the excerpt above - he is thinking of ways to pay his rent.
2. cudgeling = beating
A cudgel is a short stick which you can use as a weapon. So if you cudgel something or someone, it means that you are beating them with a cudgel, because it is a thick stick, almost like a bat. So this person was metaphorically cudgeling his brain, but literally cudgeling his donkey.
3. regaled = rewarded
The verb to regale has two meanings - it can either mean 'to entertain someone,' or it can mean 'to supply someone with something.' Here, the latter meaning is used - the donkey thought he would be given a cabbage-stalk or two for his hard work
Explanation:
Sometimes it can be good or bad but it's nature and we can't do anything about it. If it's hot and all of the sudden it's cold, it could be good but then it gets old and then your tired or the cold.