Pg 317 (329) - Q10
The novelist brings out the ________ of human beings. The key
word here is permanence, when he talks about the permanence of the vast
landscape. Well, he is going to be doing something with human beings
to that; he could be comparing it, or he could be contrasting it, or likening
it, or relating it, but the problem here focuses on the word evanescence,
which means the fleetingness or the temporariness or the almost
vapor-like quality of their life. You would be contrasting
that with the permanence of the landscape. Therefore, you have a
perfect fit with C.