Question 17 of 24 1 Point
Read the following passage:
The year is 2186. Since the polar ice caps melted several
decades ago, humans have been struggling to survive on a
planet completely covered by ocean. They subsist only on
seafood and fight over scarce fuel resources to power their
watercrafts. Those who are able to produce fresh water
rule over those who cannot.
Based on this passage, which statement best suggests that the story's
setting is a dystopia?
A. A natural disaster has caused people to adapt their lifestyles.
B. An authoritarian government controls all information
C. Power is based on the ability to obtain a necessity of life
D. Not everyone has equal access to scarce resources

A. a natural disaster has caused people to adapt their lifestyles

the melted ice caps show that there was a natural disaster which changed how people live, therefore having to adapt to the new changes.

glamis thou art, and cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promis'd; yet do i fear thy nature; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; art not without ambition; but without the illness should attend it. what thou wouldst highly, that wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, and yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great glamis, that which cries, "thus thou must do, if thou have it: and that which rather thou dost fear to do than wishest should be undone." hie thee hither, that i may pour my spirits in thine ear; and chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round, which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crown'd withal.  

he lacks ambition.  

he is hesitant.  

he lacks courage.  

he has moral scruples.