Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
What effect does Stephen Crane achieve by repeating the phrase the sacred cheese" in the short story "The Open Boat"?
Stephen Crane repeats the phrase "the sacred cheese" twice in the story. The phrase is not attributed to any single
survivor. So it is believed to reflect ____. by repeating the phrase "the sacred cheese, he ____.

1. The cruise determination, to realize their slight chance of reaching land.
2. The cruise feeling of helplessness upon realizing their low chance of survival.
3. The cruise resignation that their death is inevitable.
4. The cruise bitterness upon realizing that fate is unjust and fickle.

DROP DOWN #2
1. compares the men to small children who are innocent and lack cunning.
2. compares the men to mice who are intelligent and survive by adapting to circumstances.
3. compares the men to mice who must struggle to survive, but have their efforts to go in vain.