Which statement best explains the situational irony that occurs in the passage? The aunt wants the bachelor to tell a good story, but he does not. The bachelor fears that the children will not like his story, but they do. The bigger girl does not expect the bachelor to tell a story, but he does. The aunt does not expect the bachelor to tell a story, but he does.

The aunt was only taunting him to tell a story, probably hoping he would back down and stop criticizing her. So the answer is The aunt does not expect the bachelor to tell a story, but he does. The ironic part is that the kids get tired of him immediately

Explanation:

he chooses to climb mount everest and decided not to any more due to the 1,000s of people making a line on the mountion

explanation:

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.