The correct answer would be:
b. The mandate to marry within one's tribe
In the passage line : "If it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. " It clearly shows how it has never happened that someone in the tribe marries someone form the outside, cause culturally in his tribe the mandate is to marry people from the inside.
When John is intimated by the boy, it shows that he is weak and unable to stand up for himself.
The fact that the magician repeats the word "lazy" so much <em>should give the story a humorous tone</em>. He even names Man's children in a humorous way "<u>the Malazy</u>". We can even assume he was <u>wordplaying with Malaysia</u>, the country. This supports the idea that the <em>Eldest Magician had a really good sense of humour. </em>
In the light of this, the correct answer is "Repetition of the word lazy makes the tone humorous".
Answer:
a verb and a proper noun
Explanation:
i dont know if that counts but...
