As a result of british landowners evicting peasants from their lands in the 16th and 17th centuries a. there was an increase in the number of jobless peasants, whom the british government aided with an early form of welfare. b. efforts were made to encourage those who had been evicted to settle in the new world, thereby easing the british population crisis. c. mass numbers of peasants converted from protestantism to catholicism, because the catholic church took better care of the poor. d. there was a sharp reduction in the number of sheep and other livestock.

My latest book, fightin’, prose short fiction, is a combination. there’s nothing about being indian in there. just stories of people. why shouldn’t i write about non-indians? i don’t have to dress anybody in feathers." how does ortiz's use of language in this excerpt set an informal tone? a. by using contractions and sentence fragments, ortiz makes this part of the interview feel more familiar and casual. c. by using the term "indian" rather than "native american," ortiz makes this part of the interview feel more combative or hostile. b. by employing first-person pronouns, ortiz makes this part of the interview more solemn and pessimistic. d. by asking a rhetorical question, ortiz makes this part of the interview objectively and intentionally funny and lighthearted.