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D. to decide how to manage the government's tax revenue and expenditures. 
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The punctuation mark that is not used internally in a sentence is a period (.). Periods are only used when ending a sentence therefore, it should only put at the end. Periods signal that the sentence has already ended and no continuation needed.
        
             
        
        
        
C, because fiction writing is typically not based on anything true
        
                    
             
        
        
        
The meaning of the phrase "thou art wedded to calamity" is that you often have disaster around you.
Calamity means disaster. 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer: The setting is any average wooded region of the British countryside. 
Explanation: Take this into note though, that this entire setting was created in the authors mind!