Read this excerpt from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

What inference can be drawn about Mrs. Auld in this
excerpt?

[Mrs. Auld) had bread for the hungry, clothes for the
naked, and comfort for every mourner that came within
her reach. Slavery soon proved its ability to divest her
of these heavenly qualities. Under its influence, the
tender heart became stone, and the lamblike
disposition gave way to one of tiger-like fierceness. The
first step in her downward course was in her ceasing to
instruct me

A. Her inability to help the poor frustrates her.

B. She is sympathetic to the plight of enslaved
persons.

C. Her attitude and behavior change as a slaveholder.

D. She is a strict teacher who does not forgive
students.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Which event triggers the main problem in the folktale? a a handsome prince is cursed by his stepmother b the horse provides beauty with a magical mirror c the merchant picks roses for beauty d a group of bandits attack the merchant

Which is the best rebuttal to the counterclaim