The correct answer is B: Rich Londoners are quick to bet huge sums of money to settle trivial arguments. This is because they were betting whether or not he would starve in a month. This is of course, not an actual concern and just an exaggeration, since rich people don't starve.
The correct answer is A.
B is incorrect. Normally the bibliography is middle to last in steps of writing.
C is incorrect. This is done in the editing phase.
D is incorrect. This is done in the revising phase.
E is incorrect. Research notes, although helpful, should be gathered before the first draft and put into an outline.
If this is the missing excerpt,
When any of them come into our Towns, our People are apt to croud round them, gaze upon them, & incommode them where they desire to be private; this they esteem great Rudeness, the Effect of & Want of Instruction in the Rules of Civility & good Manners. We have, say they, as much Curiosity as you, and when you come into our Towns, we wish for Opportunities of looking at you; but for this purpose we hide our Selves behind Bushes where you are to pass, and never intrude ourselves into your Company.—
My answer:
the Native Americans' poor treatment of settlers who enter their settlement
