Question

Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo.

They have plenty of ambergris, because whales abound in these seas, and also cachalots. And since they catch great numbers of both, they are never short of ambergris; for you know it is the whale that produces ambergris. They have leopards and lynxes and lions also in great numbers. Other beasts, such as harts, stags, and roebuck and such-like game animals, are also abundant, besides game-birds of many kinds. There are also many ostriches of huge size. The great diversity of birds, quite different from ours, is truly marvelous.

Which quotation from the excerpt best reflects the author’s subjective perspective about the fauna of Madagascar?

“They have plenty of ambergris, because whales abound in these seas, and also cachalots.”
“They have leopards and lynxes and lions also in great numbers.”
“Other beasts, such as harts, stags, and roebuck and such-like game animals, are also abundant, besides game-birds of many kinds.”
“The great diversity of birds, quite different from ours, is truly marvelous.

Answer 1

“The great diversity of birds, quite different from ours, is truly marvelous.”

Step-by-step explanation:

The answer above is correct.

Answer 2

The great diversity of birds, quite different from ours, is truly marvelous.

Step-by-step explanation:

Objective statements are statements based only on facts. Subjective statements are the opposite; they are influenced by a person's feelings, opinions, beliefs, and assumptions.

All of the narrator's statements from the given passage are objective, except for the last one: The great diversity of birds, quite different from ours, is truly marvelous. Here, he expresses what he thinks about the fauna of Madagascar - he thinks that it's marvelous. That is not a fact, but an opinion. Someone else could disagree and say that they are not impressed. Opinions have nothing to do with the objective reality, which is why they can be completely different while referring to the same subject.