If you were writing that the theme of "A Piece of String"
was "the folly of pretense,"
which passage would give the
best support?
A. All that smacked of the stable, the
dairy and the dirt heap...peculiar to the
people of the field.
B. [D]ejected that he was capable, with
his Norman cunning, of doing what they
had accused him of...
C. He was soon lost in the noisy and
slowly moving crowd which was busy with
interminable bargainings.

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." again rainsford lifted the heavy knocker, and let it fall. the door opened then, opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring, and rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light that poured out. the first thing rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man rainsford had ever seen—a gigantic creature, solidly made and black bearded to the waist. in his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at rainsford's heart. the details of this excerpt show that rainsford sees ivan as a(n) individual.