Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow. But believe me, son. I want to be what I used to be When I was like you. I want To unlearn all these muting things. Most of all, I want to relearn how to laugh, for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snake's bare fangs! Choose the correct alternative for each question. The poet wants to unlearn 'the muting things' because they have made him _______.

• A.  formal             
• B.  artificial   
• C.  hypocrite         
• D.  All of these
• E.  None of these