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The real existence of Scotland's Loch Ness monster has been neither proved nor disproved, but an inquiry into the history of the legend,past expeditions to Loch Ness, and discoveries made by the explorers to the area continue to arouse interest in the validity of the monsters existence.
Answer: To illustrate Japan's isolation in the 1800s.
Explanation: The outside source in this excerpt (the first few lines) clearly describes how while the rest of the world was dealing with monarchies, wars and developing new technologies like trains and wheels, Japan decided to be totally closed off from all of that, and they concentrated just in painting screens for 200 years.
The type of exposition is illustrated in this paragraph is llustration/example.
Irony is when the opposite of the expected outcome occurs. The answer would be C. The desire to make people safe leads to a future in which everyone is confined to their beds.
The idea would be that everyone would be save to live how they please, but being confined to their beds does not allow them any opportunity for life.
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