Hello. You forgot to show the answer options. The options are:
Other industries became more successful and provided needed jobs.
Most successful business owners refused to assist those in need.
Americans realized that business was not immune to failure and could collapse.
Average Americans became the victims of unethical business owners.
Answer:
Americans realized that business was not immune to failure and could collapse.
Explanation:
With the stock market crash, Americans realized that business was not immune to problems, that they could not provide infinite stability to American citizens, as they were susceptible to unfortunate adversities that could cause a major imbalance at any time. They will understand that it was necessary to invest in diversified things and not to put all faith in a single economic branch, because the economy is something very unstable and delicate.
I would go with D) Mob because if its a negative connotation than mob would be the right answer because an assembly is not negative, not a gathering, and not a group because those could be BOTH positive AND negative but we want to find ONLY negative so mob because mobs are big groups of violent crazy people causing chaos.
Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a manner that the intended meaning is quite different from the actual meaning of the words. From the excerpt given above, the dramatic irony of the passage is that the responsible party is already dead. The correct option is C.