Question

Gulliver is not able to respond to pedro de mendez's help because _____.

Answer 1

de Mendez looks and smells like a Yahoo

Step-by-step explanation:

"His name was Pedro de Mendez,23 he was a very courteous and generous person; he entreated me to give some account of my self, and desired to know what I would eat or drink; said, I should be used as well as himself, and spoke so many obliging things, that I wondered to find such civilities from a yahoo. However, I remained silent and sullen; I was ready to faint at the very smell of him and his men."

Answer 2

The choices can be found elsewhere and as follows:

de Mendez has been an old enemy
de Mendez quarantines Gulliver from the sailors

I believe the answer is the first one. Gulliver is not able to respond to pedro de mendez's help because de Mendez has been an old enemy.