B: Set the mood for the scene that follows.
The author is obviously trying to set something up to happen here, most likely the entrance of another character and/or some dialogue. It would't make sense for there to bee any foreshadowing with such a warm atmosphere, and the author is describing the setting, not the characters.
Answer:
C.
Explanation:
The question concerns about the novel titled "Mules and Men", an autoethnographical book written by Zora Neale Hurston. The book presents various folklore of African society, collected from Florida and New Orleans.
In the text, Zora takes on various role as a speaker reflecting her belief in presenting multiple viewpoints. In her collected folklores, she presents various viewpoints, therefore, by taking various roles in the passage she is reflecting her belief of multiple viewpoints.
Thus option C is correct.
Answer:
The big dog ferociously barked at the cat trembling with fear
C: <span>
The nobles had again sought to make themselves as powerful as possible.
In the passage, it explains that under Stephen the nobles had experienced a ton of power (the author uses the word exorbitant which shows how extremely privileged their lives were), but that Henry the Second then took a lot of their power away. Now, they are resuming their former positions (from under Stephen) to a point where they are becoming as powerful as possible.</span>
