4. Based on the excerpt of this story, the narrator seems to believe that:

Question 4 options:

Someone who is reckless must be insane.

Madness prevents a person from exercising careful thought.

Murder is acceptable if you do it with care.

Working slowly would have meant he was mad.

Question 5 (1 point)
5. Which of the following quotes best supports your answer to #4? (Choose 2)

Question 5 options:

“Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work!”

“And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses? --now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.”

“ It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! --would a madman have been so wise as this?”

“Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still. But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me --the sound would be heard by a neighbor!”

“ It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! --would a madman have been so wise as this?”

Explanation:

Based on the excerpt of this story, the narrator seems to believe that "madness prevents a person from exercising careful thought".

The narrator kept showing that someone who is mad can't be meticulous and careful in carrying out the kind of action he carried out in killing the old man.

It's seen that the narrator stated how meticulous he was in even opening the door. This carefulness will be impossible for a madman to carry out. Therefore, he believes that madness will prevent one from being careful. Then he said: “ It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! --would a madman have been so wise as this?”