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A. Long, long ago there lived an old man and his wife who supported themselves by cultivating a small plot of land. (Yei Theodora Ozaki, “The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower”)
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E. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. (Frank R. Stockton, “The Lady, or the Tiger”)
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Answer: c / to illustrate the improvement in recycling rates overtime
Explanation:
"Why" is the question to ask to help identify the reason for an event that happens in a historical text.
If you ask "why" an event happened, you will get to better understand the reasoning around it, what prompted the event, and some of the personal/political emotions or decisions that surrounded the event.
Without heroes, we cannot have monsters. If there were no monsters to cause problems, we would have no need for superheroes. The only reason heroes are present is because they feel that it is their duty to fight off the monsters, and protect humankind from evil.
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