Ead the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai. They found themselves seated on benches before a table, with their legs swinging under them.

“You see,” Goemon whispered to Manjiro, “the torture has begun.”

It wasn’t torture, exactly, but it wasn’t very comfortable, either.

“Look at your legs hanging there,” Goemon said.

“It is a strange way to sit!” Manjiro agreed.

“If you were a real samurai, you would commit seppuku now, rather than wait to be humiliated by the barbarians,” Goemon said.

“Maybe they won’t humiliate us,” Manjiro said hopefully.

At this, Goemon simply grunted.

What does the dialogue teach readers about Manjiro’s attitude toward the barbarians?

He believes they will be as cruel as expected.
He believes they may be kinder than expected.
He believes they are completely harmless.
He believes they have started torturing him.

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;