The tone of this sentence is considered optimistic or positive since the word perfect is used to describe what it is like to have a bunny for a pet. Also, since the word bunny is used rather than rabbit, the tone is casual and informal.
Answer: A. (All citizens are afforded equal rights and protection)
Explanation: That provision marked the first time that Louisiana citizens were guaranteed equal protection of the laws by their state constitution.
Answer:
B. In the absence of surprise, a witty remark loses much of its humorous effect.
Explanation:
Answer B
Correct. In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the author makes the claim that “merriment” (amusement) can be produced only by “a sudden impression,” that is, a surprise. In the second sentence of the paragraph, the author advances that claim by using the clause “which is expected” to assert that jests (witty remarks) lacking such an element of surprise (because the audience is expecting them) lose much of their humor and are thus effectively “already destroyed.”
