Which excerpt from “the gift of the magi” presents the reader with the initial conflict of the story? a there was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. b tomorrow would be christmas day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy jim a present. c she had a way of saying a little silent prayer about the simplest everyday things, and d now she whispered: " god, make him think i am still pretty." twenty dollars a week doesn't go far.

cassius, casca, and their allies plant false documents to manipulate brutus to join their cause to remove caesar. after doing so, they visit brutus at night in his home to persuade him of their views. there they plan caesar's death. brutus is troubled but refuses to confide in his devoted wife, portia. on 15 march, caesar's wife, calpurnia, urges him not to go to the senate. she has had visionary dreams and fears the portents of the overnight storms.

a. is the correct answer

i took this test im trying to remember i think it is the first one im super sorry if i remembered wrong!

its d because i know