Read the stanza from “deliverance from another sore fit.” “thou knowest the sorrows that i felt; my plaints and groans were heard of thee, and how in sweat i seemed to melt thou 'st and thou regardest me.” what does the word regardest suggest about the speaker’s attitude toward god? the speaker considers god to be very close at all times. the speaker considers god to be largely unknowable. the speaker thinks of god as an old friend and guide. the speaker realizes that god watches from a great distance.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.