Select the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence.
a fundamental of matter is that it must have mass.
a) notation
b) fragment
c) intent
d) property

D) Property.

There's no such thing as a notation or intent of matter. And fundamental intent of matter doesn't make any sense when you look at the context. Plus, that IS one of the fundamental properties of matter. :)

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.