Question

1 point
Nobody had ever born heavier handicaps. He had outgrown hindrances
faster than the H-G men could think them up. Instead of a little ear radio
for a mental handicap, he wore a tremendous pair of earphones, and
spectacles with thick wavy lenses. What does the word hindrances mean?
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A Handicaps
B. Advantages
C. Punishments
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D. Earphones

Answer 1

Handicaps

Answer: Option A.

Explanation:

Hindrances means the obstacles or the hurdles which might come in the way of achieving a particular goal or objective in the working of a particular process or in life of a person.

In this excerpt, the word hindrances mean the handicaps, the troubles, the problems that Harrison Bergeron had to go through in his life and the difficulties he had to face to in his life, like the mental handicap that he had to suffer from.