Excerpt from “Solitude” by Henry David Thoreau Please Help!
Question 1

Part A

In "Solitude," what can be inferred about the author's relationship with the natural world?

a. He feels lonely only when there are no animals around.

b. He is happiest in nature when it is at its most unpleasant.

c. He prefers the natural world to the company of other people.

d. He feels that human society has become too cold and impersonal.

Question 2

Part B

Which sentence best supports the answer in Part A?

a. “Some of my pleasantest hours were during the long rain storms in the spring or fall.”

b.“I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.”

c.“They are Nature’s watchmen,—links which connect the days of animated life.”

d.“I go and come with a strange liberty in Nature, a part of herself.”