What do paragraphs 1 and 2 of Tess of the d’Urbervilles most suggest about the old families rank? A. Before the nineteenth century, the families that ruled England did so fairly and with a sense of swift, if
brutal, justice.

B. The people of the nineteenth century resented the
continued domination of those families that had long had power in England.

C. By the nineteenth century, some of the ancient English families had lost their power, wealth, and influence.

D . Even in the nineteenth century being descended
from a powerful family guaranteed one status and
privilege in England.

This thinning would materially change the sound of the drum, evidence that although it might continue to be used for its original purpose of music-making or calling people to arms, it would now do so with a different voice. a musical instrument had become a trophy, and the new carvings were in fact branding, a statement of the north’s political dominance over central africa and of allegiance to islam.the drum had come to khartoum at a critical moment in sudanese history. in an audio version, stressing the word "branding" would do what for the listener? emphasize the word's importance and the idea that followsadd emphasis to the following sentencesignal that something important has just been repeatedadd emphasis to the preceding sentence