Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered. Then he walked toward the back office where Mr. Kraler was working, leaving us alone. We were petrified.

Jo Koophuis said to me, "Miep, I think the time has come."

Elli began to tremble and shake. Meanwhile, Mr. Koophuis' eyes darted toward the doorway. No one but the man with the gun seemed to be about.

How does Miep build suspense in this passage?

by quoting Koophuis’s words
by sharing Elli’s emotional reaction
by including specific detail about a weapon
by withholding information about the outcome

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.