<span>The excerpt from the story that reflects the fact is:
</span><span>Excerpt 2
<span>The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave. The mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat.</span></span>
Direct Characterization, because a dialogue is meant to be spoken with a person or other characters in a play directly.
Answer:
I want to say 8
Explanation:
There are four legs on a bed and on a chair, the bed holds animals, but the animals aren't touching the floor, the chickens are flying over the chair, but they eventually will land, presumably on the chair, but if that isn't the case, there would be 14 legs. Overall there are 59 legs, but only 8 are touching
