Read the following excerpt from The First Men in the Moon, then answer the question below. The trees about the building swayed and whirled and tore themselves to pieces, that sprang towards the flare. My ears were smitten with a clap of thunder that left me deaf on one side for life, and all about me windows smashed, unheeded. Based on the excerpt, the word, "smitten," most nearly means: obsessed removed touched struck

smashed un need smitten

"struck"

Explanation:

My ears were smitten with a clap of thunder...

My ears were struck with a clap of thunder...

old english did not sound like modern english, which differs widely in phonology and especially in grammar, so taht old english is unintelligible to modern speakers.

the average english was strongly influenced by the anglo-norman as later by the anglo-french. the pronunciation was affected by the norman with the sounds   "/ θ / and / ð / " transcribed as th.

modern english was standarized from the london dialect and extended by the government and administartion as well as by the effects of printing, began to acquire more words from other languages as well to imporve in a more fluent pronunciation.

c.caliberate the new thermometer and begin the experiment again