C) It shows Odysseus encountering supernatural beings.
Reading the excerpt "Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flea the carcass; the skin of which, artificially dressed, will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen."
After reading it, the conclusion is that the false premise in this excerpt is that people would be willing to use the skin of children to make clothing.
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D. To highlight that a physical activity requires a body to use energy
The word expenditure in the excerpt is simply stating that the body uses energy during physical activity. It doesn't describe how much energy since that can be different depending on the level of physical activity. Because it doesn't include how much, options B and C are both wrong. Also, expenditure is not a type of activity, so this also eliminates A.
All of them except cloth maker
Yes of course, but some people need more help than others because they don’t have the same opportunities as other race or genders have