<u>Answer:</u>
The passage employs the given first, third and fifth options.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The passage discusses the power of cryptography as it leads to the success of information age. It informs about its power to safeguard privacy leading to success in various spheres be it business or personal information in future. A bit of history is also there when the time period of its continued existence in the past is stated.
So, the passage given from The Code Book by Simon Singh focuses on the topic of encryption. It employs an informative style and mentions the history of cryptography.
Answer:
Option "E" is correct
Explanation:
Quoting a person with evident experience in the academic field will be an educational testimony.
Answer:
The line shown in the question above is an example of a metaphor.
Explanation:
The metaphor is a figure of speech that establishes a subjective comparison between two elements that have no explicit relation, but that can be compared in a poetic and implicit way creating a new meaning. Unlike the Simile, the metaphor does not always use the words "like" or "as" to establish the comparison. The sentence shown in the question above is an example of this, where wishes and thorns were compared implicitly, without using the words "like" and "as".
Civil war started in April 13, 1861
The main cause of the war was slavery
The president during Civil war was Abraham Lincoln