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Calypso allows Odysseus to leave her island because: Hermes has told her that Zeus has ordered it. ... Odysseus' men decide to slaughter Helios' cattle because: They are starving to death
This is to convince readers of a threat, the first choice. This is not a frightening story or a historical event, because the author clearly states that "I know of no community that has experienced..." meaning that this is figurative rather than historical. This is not to convince readers about the importance of a community, as the whole excerpt is about certain disasters rather than the community that experiences it.
The significance (importance) of Jorgensen was that they were the most visible transsexual, although there had been another surgery to change another’s gender many years back.
I think the answer is B because it looks like it is past tense