Which story is the clearest example of metafiction?

In the context of the passage, what does the word torpid mean? b. predatory a. energetic c. dormant d. aquatic

What a literary critic determine a story's complex theme? oa. the public's reaction to the storyob. the number of characters in a storyoc. the order of events within the storyod. the specific details within the storysurmit

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text