Which line from “cruel tribute” best supports the idea that the elders to advance the plot?
"o mighty king," they said, "what have we done that you should wish thus to destroy us from the earth? "
“but we do deny it—we do deny it! ”
“what is the tribute which you require? ”
“it is better that a few should perish than that the whole city should be destroyed,” they said.

The answer is “It is better that a few should perish than that the whole city should be destroyed,” they said. They are already implying their support for the plot by saying this. The fact that they were letting a few people perish shows that they are endorsing such an idea.

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.