Question

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative. Which quotation from the "The Interlopers" shows the main reason Znaeym accepted von Gradwitz's offer of friendship? “‘And you offered me your wineflask...Ulrich von Gradwitz, I will be your friend.’” “‘No one living can remember seeing a Znaeym and a von Gradwitz talking to one another in friendship.’” “‘How the whole region would stare and gabble if we rode into the market-square together.’” “‘I never thought to have wanted to do other than hate you all my life, but I think I have changed my mind about things too,...’”

Answer 1

The answer is "And you offered me your wineflask...Ulrich von Gradwitz, I will be your friend." I took the test.

Answer 2

Answer:

Option A. The following quotation from "The Interlopers" shows the main reason Znaeym accepted Ulrich von Gradwitz's offer of friendship:

"And you offered me your wine-flask...Ulrich von Gradwitz, I will be your friend."

Explanation:

In the short-story called "The Interlopers" written by British writer Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) two longtime enemies face each other, and before being able to engage in battle a tree-branch falls onto them, trapping them together. After Georg Znaeym refuses Ulrich von Gradwitz's to drink from his wine-flask, von Gradwitz expresses to his enemy how he is not willing to hold on to any grudges between him and Znaeym, and how he wants to become friends with him. After much consideration, Znaeym expresses how everyone would be shocked to find that both long-time enemies are now walking together as friends, and finally exclaims "and you offered me your wine-flask.. Ulrich von Gradwitz, I will be your friend." This quote shows that action that changed how Znaeym viewed von Gradwitz was when this last one offers his drink to Znaeym, although he considered him an enemy. That selfless and kind action was the tipping point for Znaeym to accept von Gradwitz's friendship offer.