PART A: which statement best expresses a theme in the story "the bet" a:pursuing knowledge and bettering yourself is the best way to spend your time

b: the desire to prove to others that you are right can lead to extreme actions

c: greed and impulsive decisions can lead to huge consequences

d: there is nothing worse than depriving somebody of human contact

c: greed and impulsive decisions can lead to huge consequences

Explanation:

One of the great themes presented in "The bet" is greed and how it leads to terrible and very harmful situations for people. In other words, the text shows that greed is harmful and does not promote the progress of human beings, in addition to leading to very difficult consequences to deal with. The same goes for impulsive decisions that cause human beings to abandon reason and promote serious problems.

the answer is d i just took the test

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