What does the following quotation reveal about the author’s perspective? “Before you start firing off all those e-mails about money, love, health and so on, give these folks a chance to explain.” A. The author assumes that readers have their own opinions about the keys to Happiness. B. The author expects readers to ignore the evidence provided by the Kaplans about the keys to happiness. C. The author disagrees with the widely held belief that money, love, and health are the keys to happiness. D. The author thinks that readers should reach out to the Kaplans directly to provide feedback about the study.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile