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<p>The young clerks made jokes about him to the best of their clerky wit, and told before his face all sorts of stories of their own invention about him. They would enquire when the wedding was to take place, or would scatter bits of paper on his head, calling them snow. In the midst of all this teasing, Akaky Akakyevitch never answered a word. Only when they jolted his arm and prevented him from going on with his work would he cry out, "Leave me alone! Why do you insult me?" There was something strange in the words and in the voice in which they were uttered, so that one young clerk, new to the office, was cut to the heart, and in those words thought that he heard others: "I am your brother."</p>

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<li><p>The narrator's attitude toward the young clerks in Akaky's office is primarily one of
A) disapproval of their cruelty
B) annoyance with their disrespect for supervisors
C) dissatisfaction with their laziness
D) mock sympathy for their lack of challenges
E) amusement over their antics</p></li>
<li><p>The clerk who is "new to the office" responds to Akaky's words with
A) confusion
B) sarcasm
C) disbelief
D) fear
E) compassion</p></li>
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<p>Additional question: how can the clerk mishear one thing for a completely different thing? And for what reason is he "cut to the heart"?</p>

<p>This paragraph is from Practice test 7 in BB btw.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot.</p>

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<p>I don’t have the answer key in front of me so I might be wrong.</p>

<p>For the first question, you can use process of elimination if you are really stuck:
The first part of choice B, “annoyance with their disrespect,” could be enticing, but Akaky is not a supervisor. It can’t be C because there is nothing about laziness in the passage. D is also wrong because there is nothing in here that reveals a mocking tone from the narrator.</p>

<p>You are now left with choice A and E. A sounds more appropriate because there is a negative tone throughout the passage because the clerks are picking on Akaky and making him feel bad.</p>

<p>The second question relates to the key phrases in the last sentence:
“cut to the heart” and “I am your brother.”</p>

<p>Together, they match answer choice E, compassion. The young clerk feels bad for Akaky and tries to console him as a brotherly figure.</p>

<p>I hope this helps, but correct me if I have the wrong answers.</p>

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<p>I agree with moltenicee.
A and E are the answers I got. </p>

<p>“cut to the heart”==> emotionally touched.
He didn’t hear (literally) something else… He got another meaning out of what was literally said.
Like I am one of you… a brother.
A biologically unrelated brother.</p>