3.1.8 Quiz: Analyze Life on the Mississippi
Question 9 of 10

Which of these excerpts from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi best shows Twain's subtle sense of humor?

A. "The minister's son became an engineer. The doctor's and the postmaster's sons became 'mud clerks.'"

B. "Now and then we had hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."

C. "The captain lifts his hand, a bell rings, the wheels stop; then they turn back, churning the water to foam, and the steamer is at rest."

D. "The great Mississippi, the majestic, the magnificent Mississippi, rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun."