Question

9. Read these lines from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses.” “It little profits that an idle king,/By this still hearth, among these barren crags,/Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole/Unequal laws unto a savage race,/That horde, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.”

Which of the following is the speaker lamenting in the passage above?
the long­-ago death of his wife
a lack of true fulfillment in his life
living in a constant state of danger
the degree of authority he is forced to wield

Answer 1

Answer: B. a lack of true fulfillment in his life

Explanation: The tone of this passage highlights his unsatisfaction with his life. This was also on my test (for CA, answer D might be correct in some other school since their are so many 5 star ratings for the other answer).

Answer 2

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "the degree of authority he is forced to wield." the statement that the speaker lamenting in the passage above is that the degree of authority he is forced to wield