Which of the following would not be considered a leap of logic? journey to the center of the earth.
a. that dagger had never been in the possession of the pacific and taciturn hans. i knew him and his habits, too well.
b. it was so like our starting point, that i could scarcely doubt the reality of our position.
c. "not at all. there is a very simple explanation, this must have belong to hans"
d. " harry," he cried "we are now on the verge of a great discovery."
e. none of the above

"Not at all. There is a very simple explanation, Harry This must have belong to Hans" will not be considered a leap of logic.

Explanation:

This was said by Lidenbrock in jest since he was comparing the Hans size with others. Lidenbrock has no idea on Hans since they met only on the idea and he wanted to mock him for replacing his son.

So there is no way that it would be logically correct for Lidenbrock to speak about Hans to Harry. While Harry and Axel laughs at the joke, Hans show slight anger at Lidenbrock and calls him an Old Man.

McAdams means by "Primitive autobiography self" means writing a biography with preserving the older historical facts that happened around at that time.

Explanation:

Primitive - of or denoting a simple, direct style of art that deliberately rejects sophisticated artistic techniques.

Autobiography - Writing of the life history of oneself.

Hence McAdams means that, writing a biography with preserving the older historical facts that happened around at that time.