It would basically be a mess (trust, me I got a very bad grade on a writing prompt way back in elementary school because I was not prepared.
Answer:
But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he
summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court,
and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys
Explanation:
The excerpt from "The Masque of the Red Death" best shows Prince Prospero's self-centeredness is option D.
This is because even in the face of a plague that was killing people, Prince Prospero called a feast to celebrate and he was happy that his feast was well attended without caring about their safety, or for that matter, his.
If you do not spend your money or valuable items wisely, you will not benefit from it but instead sink in your own despair.
My best guess would be, "B", "Grammatical conventions were much different then."
The following sentence is a run-on: The Merchant of Venice is an interesting play it is about a young man named Bassanio, who falls in love with wealthy girl, Portia.
It should be re-written the following way:
The Merchant of Venice is an interesting play. It is about a young man named Bassanio, who falls in love with wealthy girl, Portia.
The sentence is two sentences fused together as one, which makes it a run-on and also difficult to read. When the proper punctuation is used the sentence is no longer a run-on and is then easier to comprehend.