Read the passage from "the convict and the bishop": it would have been hard to find a passer-by more wretched in appearance. which best analyzes how this description of valjean contributes to the plot of the story?

a. valjean's appearance contributes to the villagers' prejudice against him; this establishes the conflict.
b. valjean's appearance makes the villagers feel sorry for him; this adds to the rising action.
c. valjean's physical appearance has very little to do with the plot of the story; it has no impact on the plot.
d. valjean's appearance causes the villagers to put their complete trust in him; this leads to a resolution.

Read the quote from zimmermann in the code book. a future government could inherit a technology infrastructure that's optimized for surveillance, where they can watch the movements of their political opposition, every financial transaction, every communication, every bit of e-mail, every phone call. everything could be filtered and scanned and automatically recognized by voice recognition technology and transcribed. it's time for cryptography to step out of the shadows of spies and the military, and step into the sunshine and be embraced by the rest of us. which question does this paragraph answer? why does zimmermann think encryption is important? what kind of encryption did zimmermann invent? how does zimmermann’s encryption work? who made encryption based on zimmermann’s work?