Select the two best answers from "the interlopers" that support the central idea that nature can be severe and unkind.

question 7 options:

"sweating in the heat, we had lost the whole day, dreading to be buried alive in the drifting sand."

"besides, the infidel was known to carry money, a sum that camp-fire talk had inflated to large proportions."

"sand in the scanty food, sand in the brackish water--water that was drunk lukewarm from a clammy, loathsome water skin."

"lulled by the soft music of the brook, in infinite content, i sank back on to the soft carpets, and was soon in a dreamless slumber."

Read the following excerpt and answer the question. "i can think of no one objection, that will possibly be raised against this proposal, unless it should be urged, that the number of people will be thereby much lessened in the kingdom." (a modest proposal) the implicit meaning of the text is a. there are no reasonable objections to the author's proposal. b. the overpopulation problem is so dire that selecting some humans to be a food source is a just solution. c. a disadvantage of the proposal is that there will be fewer people under the monarchy. d.the situation in ireland is so bad that it calls for radical change.