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3. The boys, for making and guarding the pile of stones.
Of these four words, the one which is most likely to have a negative flavor or connotation is d)meander. To confuse is the state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something. To distract is to the divided attention of an individual or a group away from the designated object on which the focus should be put on. A harangue is a long speech delivered in front of an audience. To meander is to walk around aimlessly without a fixed direction which contains a negative flavor or connotation.
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D. "next they'll... have intermarriage between black and white"
Explanation:
Tom is a wildly racial and prejudiced man. He is initially found reading an antisemitic tract and agreeing with Nazis, and this quote continues his bias. He sees the "fall of civilization" as intermarriage between races.
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D) This era is rife with conflict, contradiction, and paradox.
Explanation:
The passage is filled with paradoxes; light and dark, despair and hope