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[She] had kindled the callow fancy of the most idle and shiftless of all
the village lads, and had conceived for this Howard Carpenter one of
those absurd and extravagant passions which a handsome country boy of
twenty one sometimes inspires in a plain, angular, spectacled woman of
thirty. (Willa Cather, "A Wagner Matinee")
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Answer:
O People are unwilling to change tradition
Explanation:
The story reveals that people most times develop strong ties with their traditions and become resistant to change. The people were constantly reminded by Mr. Summers to change the box. They were unwilling to take action to change the box and this resulted in an intense damage to the black box.
It got splintered and shabby and the inner wood color was revealed. All of these happened because they were so attached to the black box which held their secrets.
"She actually dies of seeing her freedom disappear at the return of her husband" good luck with the rest of the quiz
Answer:
C. Christine has been at this school for the past four years.
Explanation:
The other options unnecessarily use "has" and "had" while Answer C. is the only sentence in which it is actually necessary (ex. Dontay did most of his chores last week).
