Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. Nina was always a mysterious figure in the family: beautiful as a movie star, cosmopolitan and elegant, with wide Slavic cheeks. She spoke only Russian, though she lived much of her adult life in Tel Aviv. There were rumors that she came from nobility and that she had once been very rich. She and Avram were thought of as a glamorous couple—he the charming man with his head in the clouds (in Yiddish the word for that kind of person is luftmensh, "air man''), she the mysterious beauty who had given up everything to be with him.

Which statements best describe the author’s purpose for writing this passage? Select two options.

to present background information about Nina
to create a sense of suspense about Nina’s future
to intrigue the reader with details about Nina
to show how Nina was able to mislead people
to persuade the reader that Nina was rich

to intrigue the reader with details about Nina

to present background information about Nina

Explanation:

From the passage, about half of the sentences spoke directly about Nina. With the author giving us information about Nina's looks, the language she speaks, where she lived her adult life. We were also hinted about something she indulges in, her being a movie star. All theae gives a lot of background information about Nina. Going further, the author deviated a little from her background information to tell us some other details about her, information about Nina's husband and the kind of happy relationship they keep. Hence, these gives an more details about Nina

Hence, what the author is describing in the passage is :

to intrigue the reader with details about Nina

to present background information about Nina

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explanation:

не знам

in night, why are wiesel and his father evacuated from the auschwitz concentration camp? a massive escape makes the nazis question the security of auschwitz. they are assigned to work as laborers in a factory at another camp, buna. hitler has ordered that all remaining jews be relocated within german borders. the german army needs the camp guards to go to the battle front for a last-chance defense.