What is the main topic of the first paragraph?

A) The narrator establishes the setting and introduces the main conflict.
B) The narrator traces the history of the bee from Europe to the New World.
C) The author shows how the Indians have come to place the bee in high esteem.
D) The author discusses the spread of bees across the country and their reception.

The answer is D.

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

Acomplex sentence contains . one subject and one verb

This excerpt expresses shelleys idea that poetry is factual?