The correct answers are:
"I continued, as was my wont [habit] to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation [becoming the victim]".
<span>A.) <span>Irony/sarcasm
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<span>"The thousand injuries [insults] of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."
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<span>C.) Characterization</span>
Answer: History is develop predictable over time because more information is added to history everyday. ... “Strauss and Howe (S&H) define a generation as people who were born over the span of roughly twenty years, or the average time it takes for an infant to grow up and become a parent.”
The righty answer is D, at the beginning the narrator mentions how enthusiastic they are about the study of anatomy and paid lip service to the mismatch in time and the perception of it. At the end, as death is inevitable, the narrator urgers the reader to enjoy their lives, because it will eventually come to an end.