1. The following passage is from the dramatic exposition at the beginning of Act I of The Crucible. For what later event in Act I does this information prepare the reader?

Long-held hatreds of neighbors could now be openly expressed, and vengeance taken,
despite the Bible's charitable injunctions. Land-lust which had been expressed before
by constant bickering over boundaries and deeds, could now be elevated to the arena
of morality...

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.