Choose the most fluid revision of the following paragraph: The children laughed. The boy opened his presents. The
clown performed funny magic tricks.
A. The children laughed, and the boy opened his presents. The clown
performed funny magic tricks.
B. While the boy opened his presents, the children laughed as the
clown performed funny magic tricks,
C. While the children laughed, the clown performed funny tricks. The
boy opened his presents.
O D. None of the above are correct.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?