Read the excerpt from “the hammer of god.”

that was only the beginning of disaster: now the real tragedy began. nitric oxides rained from the air, turning the sea to acid. clouds of soot from incinerated forests darkened the sky, hiding the sun for months. worldwide, the temperature dropped precipitously, killing off most of the plants and animals that had survived the initial cataclysm.

which option is the accurate synonym for cataclysm as it is used in the excerpt?

“the hammer of god”

misfortune
fiasco
devastation
explosion

The right answer is thr C) Devastation.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that the word cataclysm derives from the Greek word kataklysmós, which translates as "flooding." A cataclysm can be understood as both a large catastrophe caused by a natural phenomenon or by a flooding and as a significant disruption in the social or political order. In this excerpt, it must be interpreted as a large catastrophe, or a devastation, due to the terrible natural phenomena that it caused — sea turned to acid, incinerated forests, and so on.  

a-he encouraged islamic schools to introduce greek texts.

d-he invited greek scholars to teach their texts to the locals.

explanation:

the transmission of the greek classics to latin western europe during the middle ages was a key factor in the development of intellectual life in western europe.[1] interest in greek texts and their availability was scarce in the latin west during the earlier middle ages, but as traffic to the east increased so did western scholarship.

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the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .