1ethan sighed heavily when his english teacher announced a new essay assignment. 2but as he read over the assignment sheet, he noticed the word "movie." 3apparently, mr. penny was allowing them to read any book of literary merit that had been made into a movie and compare the adaptation to the original text. 4ethan frowned at the weird emotion he suddenly felt--was he actually going to like writing an essay for english class?

the class had just finished a five page analytic essay on shakespeare!

where does this sentence fit into the above paragraph most logically?

a) directly after sentence 1
b) directly after sentence 2
c) directly after sentence 3
d) directly after sentence 4