Context: Hideous , as in having something like a 99 % rejection rate for fiction writers . With those kinds of odds , I ' m much better off at a craps table in Vegas . Still , I was foolhardy enough - and , like most writers , unreasonably optimistic - to think that I might creep into that glorious one percent .

Question: Why is the narrator so pessimistic at the moment ?
Options:
0. Their writing is unlikely to get accepted .
1. They lost their money at craps .
2. They are in Las Vegas and have a gambling problem .
3. None of the above choices .
Answer: 0

Question: Why is the narrator so pessimistic at the moment ?
Options:
0. None of the above choices .
1. Many writers get rejected .
2. They are in Las Vegas and have a gambling problem .
3. They lost their money at craps .
Answer: 1