Question

Which of the following passages best expresses Mark Twain's purpose in ''A Cub Pilot''?

A. He{a pilot} must have good and quick judgment and decision, and a cool, calm courage that no peril can shake.

B. Your shouldn't have allowed me or anybody else to shake your confidence in that knowledge. Try to remember that.

C. I had become a good steersman; so good, indeed, that I had all the work to do on our watch, night and day.

D. There is one faculty which a pilot must incessantly cultivate until he has brought it to absolute perfection. Nothing short of perfection will do. That faculty is memory .

Answer 1

B. Just took the test

Answer 2

Your shouldn't have allowed me or anybody else to shake your confidence in that knowledge. try to remember that ( B )

Step-by-step explanation:

" A Cub Pilot " was a narrative made by Mark Twain on how he was an apprentice cub pilot on a steam boat which his boss Mr Brown was a pro pilot on the same steam boat with him. he narrates his experience on working with a boss who was very much bad tempered and he tries to narrate his experience in such a way you can relate it to your life experience of working with a boss with such irritating and bad temper.

been a cub pilot entails who help the pilot in steering the ship. the story is a true life story of Mark Twain at the age of 22 working as a cub pilot. according to his story he tried to be the best he could be but he had an ill tempered pro pilot who made it difficult for him.