Which excerpt from “my lord bag of rice” best reflects the historical fact that hidesato was a brave warrior? a) at first hidesato could not feeling alarmed at the sight of this horrible reptile lying in his path. b) on turning back he was much surprised to see that the monster dragon had entirely disappeared. c) hidesato showed not the least sign of fear. he tried to calm the dragon king. “don't be afraid. i shall surely kill the centipede.” d) the dragon king did as he was bid, and the warrior noticed that he had only three arrows left in his quiver.

C) Hidesato showed not the least sign of fear. He tried to calm the Dragon King. “Don't be afraid. I shall surely kill the centipede.”

Explanation: From the given excerpts from "My Lord Bag of Rice", which is a Japanese fairy tale, the one that best reflects the historical fact that Hidesato was a brave warrior is the corresponding to option C:  Hidesato showed not the least sign of fear. He tried to calm the Dragon King. “Don't be afraid. I shall surely kill the centipede” because it expresses how Hidesato wasn't afraid, and he was very confident that he would kill the centipede.

C

Explanation:

where are the multiple answers?

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.