Let us Think and Reflect Pages 224–225

False. The ‘magic’ is a figurative way to describe what the magnifying glass reveals.

“A myriad shells show / In a scrap of chalk.”

The speaker sees tiny natural structures as vast, rich and complex when magnified.

The poet feels fascinated . Therefore, the correct answer is B .

The spider gives the speaker a living process to observe closely: web-making, spinnerets, claws and the trapping of flies. It turns magnification into patient scientific observation.

Many tiny structures would remain invisible, so ordinary objects might appear simpler and less surprising.

It expands the power of lenses from tiny nearby objects to distant celestial bodies and ends on the largest possible scale.

The speaker is curious, patient and delighted by detail. Nature becomes more wonderful when examined closely.

Personal response supported by one quoted image or idea.