Question

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Read the following passage.
Furthermore, it was remarkably easy to overthrow a dog
taken by surprise; while a dog, thus overthrown,
invariably exposed for a moment the soft underside of its
neck - the vulnerable point at which to strike for its life.
White Fang knew this point. It was a knowledge
bequeathed to him directly from the hunting generations
of wolves.
-White Fang,
Jack London
According to this passage, White Fang knows to strike
the underside of another dog's neck. Which factor most
influences him in this example?
his instincts
his response to surprise
other characters in the story
the story's setting

Answer 1

The correct answer is His insticts.

Step-by-step explanation:

White Fang is the protagonist of this story, an animal seen at the beginning of the book as a mischievous and impetuous creature. He is the youngest of five siblings and the only survivor, thanks to his mother he manages to move to a town, where he has his first contact with the man.

As the passage shows, the fact that White Fang knew where to attack the dog was a legacy knowledge of his hunting ancestors, that is, it was already part of his instinct as a hunting wolf.