Which detail from Chaucer's "The Monk's Tale" best demonstrates that Fortune is a "blind prosperity" that no one should trust?
O A. Queen Zenobia enjoyed vast power but her enemies conquered
her in the end.
B. Julius Caesar rose up because of his wisdom, bravery, and
intelligence.
O C. King Belshazzar became the new ruler after his powerful father
had been king.
O D. Samson's enemies blinded him but he was able to destroy them
before he died.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

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To meet the needs of commuters in the industrial age, city planners implemented the use of phonographs. provided more horses and carriages. borrowed technology from railroads. constructed new telephone lines.