He gives a kind of fair chance because he provides his opponent with a hunting knife, training, and reliable clothes, while all Zaroff has is a 'tiny little' hand gun. Although, once he is up against Rainsford, Zaroff begins to cheat at his own game by bringing out his bodyguard and his pack or dogs into the hunting grounds with him.
Social classes, including their manners, social customs, and habits.
B
Explanation: None of the other answers logically follow the order of events and do not sound as fluid as B
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Read this passage.
<em>Comedy is, as we have said, an imitation of characters of a lower type- not, however, in the full sense of the word bad, the ludicrous being merely a subdivision of the ugly. It consists in some defect or ugliness which is not painful or destructive. To take an obvious example, the comic mask is ugly and distorted, but does not imply pain. </em>
Question: What conclusion can <u><em>NOT</em></u> be drawn from the text?
Options:
- A) Comedies tended to focus on ordinary characters of a less noble type.
- B) Characters in a comedy are not necessarily morally bad, so much as physically funny in an exaggerated way.
- C)Comedy is an imitation of an action that is serious.
- D)As the characters of a comedy represent "a lower-type" of person, so the events typically portrayed in comedies tend towards the ordinary affairs of everyday people.
Answer: The correct answer is option: <u>C) Comedy is an imitation of an action that is serious. </u>
Explanation: In the text, it mentions that comedy focuses on characters of a lower type, meaning ordinary and less noble types of characters. It also mentions that they're not in the full sense of the word bad nor destructive but rather ludicrous meaning amusing. However, it never mentions that comedy is an imitation of an action that is serious nor does it define comedy by seriousness.
