How does the first paragraph of The Dark Game best support the central idea that the Civil War was a long war? (Albe
O It shares the detail that the war lasted four years.
O It states what people believed about the war at the time.
O It tells how many soldiers actually died in the war.
O. It gives an example of a battle that lasted almost two days.

It shares the detail that the war lasted four years.

Explanation:

The first paragraph of The Dark Game best supports the idea that the Civil War was a long war by sharing details that it lasted for about four years.

The author of The Dark Game makes an elaborate and detailed duration of the war which is four years and he also noted that the people did not expect the war to be as long as four years as it brought to them untold hardship and suffering.

- "these rights are natural and god-given to all men equally." (i disagree cuz i kind of think it's 'a' but who knows.)

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.