The quote from the text that best supports the answer is -To be eaten by cannibals, to be battered by storms, to starve to death before reaching land. These were the fears that danced in the imaginations of these poor men,
Explanation:
To be eaten by cannibals, to be battered by storms, to starve to death before reaching land. These were the fears that danced in the imaginations of these poor men.
By reading the above statement it is clear that the sailors fear that what they chose to listen to would govern whether they lived or died.
In the year 1819 the crew of the whaleship Essex drifted in the middle of the Pacific. The ship was capsized for 24 hours and now it was the time to take a decision ,to make a plan but they had very few options. The narrator Nathaniel Philbrick wrote that these men were just about as far from land as it was possible to be anywhere on Earth.
The nearest islands they could reach were the Marquesas Islands which was about 1,200 miles away from the ships position but then they have heard some frightening rumors about the island populated by cannibals. Another option was Hawaii, but the captain was afraid they’d be struck by severe storms. Now the last option was the longest, and the most difficult: to sail 1,500 miles due south in hopes of reaching a certain band of winds that could eventually push them toward the coast of South America.
I would go with B, or Ways to build immunity to diseases. Why? Well, just by using the word biology, we can use process of elimination. The prefix “bio” means life, so C and D already would be out. The suffix “ology” means the study of, so the word biology means the study of life. Because biology often has to do with diseases and finding cures to sustain human life spans, the only logical answer would be B. A would make no sense in terms of biology.
This question is incomplete. Here's the complete question.
Read Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Which statement BEST summarizes the central idea of the text?
A
Dr. Mortimer has no idea what happened to his friend, Sir Baskerville, but is
being nosy and trying to get true information from Sherlock Holmes by
feeding Holmes a few facts.
B. Dr. Mortimer is suspicious that something ghostly or superstitious had a hand in the death of his friend. Sir Baskerville.
C. Dr. Mortimer does not want Sherlock Holmes to continue his investigation, so he is giving Sherlock Holmes false information without Holmes realizing it.
D
. Dr Mortimer is attempting to convince Sherlock Holmes that Sir Baskerville's butler, Barrymore, lied to the police because he had a hand in the death of Sir Baskerville
Answer: B. Dr. Mortimer is suspicious that something ghostly or superstitious had a hand in the death of his friend. Sir Baskerville.
Explanation:
Dr. James Mortimer is a family friend as well as the doctor of the Baskervilles, and the estate executor of the recently departed Sir Charles Baskerville. The Baskerville family is believed to be cursed by a sinister black hound. Mortimer thinks that Charles´death may have had something to do with that curse.
I believe this is an example of either situational or dramatic irony,
