1. The final paragrapdicates that the narrator's perspective on his

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lutik1710 [3]2 years ago

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B. nonsensical eccentric

Explanation:

In the last paragraph, the narrator shows that it is not necessary to take Boxsious's complaints seriously, because they are completely eccentric, exaggerated and unrealistic. For this reason, the narrator continues to prepare his work tools in the most calm and normal way possible, even in the midst of the Boxsious talk that complains about the age of the brushes and the quality of the paints.

In other words, the narrator shows that Boxsious is a meaningless eccentric.

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a. It is biased because it reflects an attitude about one of Thomas Young's ideas.

Explanation:

The given excerpt from "The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone" by James Giblin which became the inception for the study of ancient Egyptian history. In his book, Giblin projects the ideas and opinions of Thomas Young in his attempts to decipher the stone's hieroglyphics. Although Giblin believes Young may have contributed valuable information regarding the stone writings, he also believes that Young's ideas are sometimes biased.

Like for instance, in the given excerpt in the question, he mentions one such ideas of Young where he "made a leap of the imagination". In cases such as this, it is important to find or provide actual proof, rather than depend on "inspired hunches". Thus, this passage is a biased one as it reflects one of Young's attitudes.

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Jake told Mary that he would call her before lunch. At 11:30 a.m. the phone rang and she responded to the male voice by saying "

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Perceptual set.

Explanation:

A perceptual set is elucidated as the predisposition or susceptibility to perceive things in a specific manner. It leads to shape our interpretation and response towards a particular stimulus as these are shaped by previously possessed information.

In the given example, Mary's response 'Hi, honey' exemplify this 'perceptual set' which reflects her predisposition to perceive the call in a specific manner(thinking it to be her husband's call) which was shaped by the prior knowledge that she possessed regarding the call(when her husband told her that he would call her in the morning).