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Literary passages · Question 257 of 305

What did Crusoe do immediately after seeing the footprint?

Question 257

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It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man’s naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen on the sand. I stood like one , or as if I had seen an . I listened, I looked round me, but I could hear nothing, nor see anything; I went up to a rising ground to look farther; I went up the shore and down the shore, but it was all one; I could see no other but that one. I went to it again to see if there were any more, and to observe if it might not be my fancy; but there was no room for that, for there was exactly the print of a foot—toes, heel, and every part of a foot. How it came thither I knew not, nor could I in the least imagine; but after fluttering thoughts, like a man perfectly confused and out of myself, I came home to my , not feeling, as we say, the ground I went on, but terrified to the last degree, looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man. Nor is it possible to describe how many various shapes my imagination represented things to me in, how many wild ideas were found every moment in my fancy, and what strange, unaccountable whimsies came into my thoughts by the way.

When I came to my castle (for so I think I called it ever after this), I fled into it like one pursued.

What did Crusoe do immediately after seeing the footprint?

Options for question 257

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

Explanation

  1. He says "I listened, I looked round me", went up a rise, and "went up the shore and down the shore" but found "no other impression but that one".

Worth noting

He did run home, but only after searching.

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