Answer :
Answer:
d. I was rude and took pleasure in being so.
Explanation:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Notes from the Underground" is a work that was first published in Russian. This novella is part of an introduction to the future novels by the writer while also a response or criticism of the novel "What Is To Be Done?" by Nikolay Chernyshevsky.
In the given passage, the narrator/ speaker reveals how he used to be. He declares that "[he] was rude and took pleasure in being so". Moreover, he also mentioned that "[he] was a spiteful official" which are all suggestive of his bad behavior. But most importantly, the part of the excerpt that reveals his monstrous quality is when he admits "[he] was rude and took pleasure in being so." This shows his ungrateful and unrepentant nature, more like he's proudly declaring it.
Thus, the correct answer is option d.