How does a reader find an author’s purpose?

i. by examining the author’s background

ii. by examining the historical and cultural context

iii. by examining the details in the text

i only
i, ii, and iii
ii and iii only
i and ii only

In the adapted excerpt from michael wigglesworth’s day of doom, choose the correct meaning for each underlined word. they rush from beds with giddy ( ** ) heads, and to their windows run, viewing this light, which shines more bright than doth (***) the noon-day sun straightway appears (they see’t with tears) the son of man most dread; who with his train comes on amain () to judge both quick and gone. the answers are in order from the first perenthasis, to the last ones the stars will tell you. **swollen, dizzy, aching ***goes, has, done quickly, late, carefully do