1. The chef always ………….. (taste) the food before he serves it.

tastes

Explanation:

The forms of taste are: taste, tastes, and tasted. If you try each one, only tastes sounds right.

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”

my best guess would be: d allusion

makes the most sense