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the physician douban entered the hall and bowed low to the ground. the king, seeing him, called him, made him sit by his side, and showed him every mark of honour. that evening he gave him a long and rich robe of state, and presented him with two thousand sequins. the following day he continued to load him with favours. now the king had a grand-vizir who was avaricious, and envious, and a very bad man. he grew extremely jealous of the physician, and determined to bring about his ruin. –“the story of the greek king and the physician douban,” andrew lang
what character motivation advances the plot?
a) douban's pride
b) the king's anger
c) the vizir's envy
this motivation moves the rising action toward what event?
a) the king rebuking the vizir
b) the vizir criticizing douban
c) douban bowing before the king

1. C

2. A

Explanation:

1. After being cured by the physician, the King showed him gratefulness by making him rich, as he had promised. This however didn't go unnoticed by the grand-vizier.

The author proceeds to tell us how avaricious, greedy the grand-vizier was and uncovers his plans to destroy Douban.

He grew extremely jealous of the physician, and determined to bring about his ruin.

This sentence announces that the plot will continue through the grand-vizier's evil actions.

2. The vizier's jealousy leads him to speak against Douban to the King. But the King is not easily fooled. He understands the bad intentions of the vizier and expresses no doubts concerning the man that had cured him.

In order to criticize his greedy vizier, the King quotes a replica made by the king Sinbad's vizier: one ought not believe everything that a mother-in-law says.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

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