If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking, as you do. If someone maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the Equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction.
"Your own contrary conviction" refers to

Options

A. the fact that you feel pity rather than anger
B. the opinion that two and two are four and that Iceland is a long way from the Equator
C. the opinion that two and two are five and that Ice land is on the Equator
D. the fact that you know so little about arithmetic or geography

Answer

A

Explanation

the fact that you feel pity rather than anger