Multiple choice

Find the Blank (iii).

Directions: Choose the most appropriate word to fill the numbered blanks.

A blind man, having reclaimed (i) ____________ sight as the result of a remarkable operation, confessed the other day that he was so disappointed (ii) ____________ the world he saw that he wondered whether he was not (iii) ____________ when he was blind. Human beings (iv) ____________ of a different appearance and mould from those with which his imagination had (v) ____________ them. Everything apparently, from motor cars to flower gardens, (vi) ____________short of the glorious images he had made (vii) ____________ them. The gift of sight (viii) ____________ him merely disillusionment.

  1. happy

  2. happier

  3. happiest

  4. much happy
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The man is comparing his current state (after regaining sight) with his past state (when blind). The structure 'wondered whether he was not ___ when he was blind' requires the comparative form 'happier' to make the comparison work. The sentence means he wondered if he was actually happier in his blind state.

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