Answer:
C. Section 55 - Her mind was still on the ball. His mind was on work the next day.
Explanation:
As one of Maupassant's themes is the "differences between men and women", we see that option C is the only reference that actually shows the contrast.
The above option which shows the contrast is actually referring to the differences between a man and a woman. In option C, we see that "Her mind was still on the ball" and while "His mind was on work the next day".
The reference tends to show the difference mindsets the man and the woman have.
At the exposition, thats the asnwer
Commonlit-CONFLICTING NEWS REPORTS ON THE FATE OF THE SINKING TITANIC
Both articles incorrectly claim that the ship did not sink after hitting the iceberg.
Answer: Option D.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The articles talk about the sinking of the great ship which was named Titanic. Titanic was the biggest ship of it's time which was so pretty that it was called the ship of the dreams of the people who were on board.
But when the tragedy of the sinking of the ship happened, all over the newspaper, this was the only news about what happened with the ship. Some said that the ship sank by getting hit with an ice berg while some said that the actual reason of the sinking of the ship was not the iceberg.