Read the excerpt below and answer the question. danforth: what think you, mr. parris? you have closer knowledge of this man; might her presence soften him? what is judge danforth’s reason for asking reverend parris these questions? a. to make john proctor a scapegoat by having him confess to crimes b. to see if parris can his agenda to make proctor confess so that nobody looks bad for wrongly convicting people c. to make false accusations against john proctor, making him confess to them regardless d. all of the above

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?