Read the excerpt below and answer the question. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn,

What is the author’s tone toward Rip Van Winkle in the passage?

solemn
serious
ironic
wistful

Isaw my future flash before me and it did not take me anytime to slow down. i need to replace the words "it did".

What is mostly clearly a disadvantage of living in a world dominated by the presence of televisions according to niel postman?

Alberto is reading a myth. he wants to learn about the cultural context of the myth-tellers. to do so, he will write a question about each of the four aspects of cultural context. he has written the following question: what kinds of ceremonies or celebrations did the people of this culture practice? which aspect of cultural context does the question address? lifestyle setting customs values