What a literary critic determine a story's complex theme? a. the public's reaction to the story b. the number of characters in a story c. the order of events within the story d. the specific details within the story

What helps a literary critic determine a story's complex theme are the specific details within the story.

These details are what makes a story complex or simple - if there aren't enough details (or if there are, but they are pretty obvious to figure out), then a story would be simple. But if the details are difficult to understand and need to be explored and researched thoroughly, then it would be a complex story.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease

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.