The answer is the 3rd option because after the sentence mentions the teacher it says “that was late” making the sentence seem like the teacher was the late one and not keiko’s project
I believe none of these options are correct. However, if you had to choose one, I would pick A - <span>Nina slid into her seat just as the bell rang and tried to catch her breath.
B, C, and D are incorrect because these are all examples of direct characterization, meaning that the other directly tells us what these people are like. This doesn't happen in A, which is why I would choose that option.
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In Act 3, Scene 2:
CALIBAN
(to TRINCULO) Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou! I would my valiant master would destroy thee. I do not lie. " (The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 2)
Caliban calls Ariel "a jesting monkey" and a liar, who is in turn, speaking as Trínculo. Ariel is imitating Trínculo´s voice and is invisible, thus the confussion. It is worth mentioning that "jester" means fool.
Answer:
The word "protracted" means lasting longer than expected, or unusually long, so what protracted most clearly means based on the context of the excerpt is how the time period of celestial motion studies must have lasted unusually long.
