In the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and twelve, at the village of Christchurch, the members of our
congregation were first visited by the spirits.
Which statement best explains the relationship between the author's choice
to begin the story this way and the effect it has on the reader?
O A. The tone of the language leads the reader to understand that the
story will be relayed by a figure of authority.
B. The inclusion of a specific location leads the reader to suspect
that the story will be a social critique.
O C. The inclusion of a supernatural element leads the reader to
recognize this story as being concerned with spiritual matters.
D. Beginning the story with something that happened in the past
leads the reader to assume that he or she will be familiar with the
events to come.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.