Question
Directions: Select the correct text in the passage.
Which word in the passage helps the reader understand what misanthropist means?
from Chapter 1 in Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
1801- I have just returned from a visit to my landlord -the solitary neighbor that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful
country! in all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect
misanthropist's heaven; and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow! He little
imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so hanor under their brows, as I rode up, and when
his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name.
"Mr. HeathcliffT I said,
A nod was the answer,
Mr. Lockwood, your new tenant, sit. I do myself the honor of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I
have not warmed you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some
thoughts -* "Thrushcross Grange is my own, sic" he interrupted wincing. I should not allow anyone to inconvenience me, if I could
inconvenience it walk inf
Answer
The word "misanthropist" helps the reader understand what it means.