For the speaker of the words 'When I'm alone', being alone is:
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Correct answer: A. the normal fate of a human being all his life
Explanation
He speaks 'as though to be alone were nothing strange', a lifelong condition — 'life endured and known'.
Note: Passage I is Siegfried Sassoon's 'Alone' ('When I'm alone…'), which is copyrighted in many countries and not reproduced. A man's casual 'When I'm alone' sets the speaker thinking how 'strange we grow when we're alone', unlike the selves that meet and talk and say good-night. 'Alone' is the stillness where our spirits walk, 'life endured and known', which leaves only our inmost faith.
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