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QUIZ:
Telling Stories 3
2.08 Quiz: Telling Stories 3
Which sentence best represents the complicating incident in "R.M.S. Titanic"?
"In the crow's-nest, lookout Frederick Fleet and his partner, Leigh, gazed down at the water, still and unruffled in the dim,
starlit darkness."
"The White Star liner Titanic, largest ship the world had ever known, sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage to
New York on April 10, 1912."
"But far below, in the warren of passages on the starboard side forward, in the forward holds and boiler rooms, men could
see that the Titanic's hurt was mortal."
O "Out of the dark she came, a vast, dim, white, monstrous shape, directly in the Titanic's path."
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Answer 1

"But far below, in the warren of passages on the starboard side forward, in the forward holds and boiler rooms, men could see that the Titanic's hurt was mortal."

Step-by-step explanation:

This sentence indicates that something significant and detrimental has occurred, and it marks a turning point in the story as the characters on the Titanic realize the gravity of the situation.