Read lines 9-12 from the poem. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort,
To taste awhile the pleasures of a court;
in various talk the Instructive hours they passed,
Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lasts
How do the lines contribute to the poent's satire?

for me, i'd go with (c) satisfied or (b) overjoyed because if you read it a couple of times, it makes since that it is c or b. it can't b (a) angry because booker was never angry about anything. at the end of the paragraph, booker states, "i think there are not many men in our country who have had the privilege of naming themselves in the way that i " i think that sentence kind of gives away the also, some words in the paragraph can also you like for example, "indulged," "calmly," "perplexity," "privilege," and defining words that you don't know, can you understand more of that paragraph and it can also increase your comprehension. : )

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b

explanation:

gerund phrase: giving more than a person needs.

noun use: predicate noun.

the negative way that it shaped life was by having a feudal system where only the nobles and the christian church while it was oppressive to the peasants and specially to women. the positive way that it shape life is by introducing the artisan class when the feudal system fell. it change the attitudes towards religion and it also introduced what was known as knightly chivalry.

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