Read the following passage from The Things They Carried. His eyes were flat and impassive. He didn't speak. He was
simply there, like the river and the late-summer sun. And
yet by his presence, his mute watchfulness, he made it
real. He was the true audience. He was a witness, like God,
or like the gods, who look on in absolute silence as we live
our lives, as we make our choices or fail to make them.
Which of the following best describes the tone and its recipient?
A. It's a fearful tone toward Elroy Berdahl's silent power.
B. It's a grateful tone toward Elroy Berdahl.
C. It's a dissatisfied tone toward Elroy Berdahl's silence.
D. It's a reverent tone toward God and other gods.

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.