It is in act 1 that the exposition occurs
A lantern poem is a type of descriptive poetry that originates from Japan. Another is the Haiku poem. A lantern poem is quite similar in format to a Haiku poem. Both types of poetry are short and rely on a syllable structure where the poet uses a limited number of syllables in each line
I`m assuming the underlined word is dearth, so
the answer is a. shortage
C)It shows how he doesn’t trust his wife and how ignorant he is as a husband