He description of young goodman brown's wife serves chiefly a) to generalize the qualities most desired by men. eliminate b) to present a loving, supportive, and innocent puritan wife. c) to offer a realistic description for readers to visualize. d) to celebrate the natural beauty and moral superiority of women.

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”

it means that the hockey puck was traveling very fast.

assuming the underlined word is "regnant", the correct answer is b) ruling.