Question

Which of the following inferences about the speaker is best

supported by the poem's first stanza (lines 1-4)?


I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you -Nobody - too?
Then there's a pair of us
Don't tell! they'd advertise - you know!


A. The speaker assumes that the listener is on her side.
B. The speaker wants to change her name to something unfamiliar.
C. The speaker fears the judgment of others.
D. The speaker is tired of being famous.

Answer 1

Answer: A

Explanation: she is excited to find someone like her in the line “Then there’s a pair of us”

Answer 2

C. The speaker fears the judgment of others

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the excerpt given, the speaker is communicating with another person.

He first introduces himself as Nobody and asks if the second person is also Nobody. He then assumes that they're a pair, before he asks the second person to keep it a secret, or people will talk about them.

Based on this excerpt, the inference about the speaker is that he fears the judgement of others.