Read the excerpt from a short story. the cave had offered a greater challenge than the group expected. this was not a tourist’s cavern, and there was no stopping to photograph stalagmites—far from it. each spelunker wore a headlamp, and each had gone so far as to belly crawl through a tight fissure at the urging of their guide. riya had kept up all afternoon, ignoring her aching legs and the shadows of abundant bats. and now she awaited her turn to walk, legs splayed, across a yawning crevice. even old dot had done it; she could hear the group clapping for her across the darkness. finding footholds on the left and right, she advanced—one foot, then the other. reaching ambitiously for jutting rock beyond her grasp, she heard a sickly crumble below and began to fall. how does the excerpt exemplify the ideas king describes in "danse macabre"? a) it allows readers to approach a "forbidden door." b) it provides a "single powerful spectacle" for the imagination’s eye. c) it forces readers to "grapple" with their own mortality. d) it excites readers with the concept of "magic."

How can behavioral science be applied in improving public health? a.by tracking a disease to determine its sourceb.by creating promotions that improve health habitscboth by tracking a disease to determine its source and by creating promotions that improve health habitsd.neither by tracking a disease to determine its source or by creating promotions that improve health habits

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.

Which sentence best summarizes this excerpt from book 21 of the odyssey?