Which sentence best expresses the main idea of paragraph 5? a) there was nothing good about the country. b) the people were miserable, destitute, and dejected because they had nothing. c) because the people were of a savage nature they did not take pride in anything they did. d) while the country’s infrastructure was poorly designed and managed, they were able to do other things well. paragraph :   5  the whole country was covered with forests, and swamps. the greater part of it was very misty and cold. there were no roads, no bridges, no streets, no houses that you would think deserving of the name. a town was nothing but a collection of straw-covered huts, hidden in a thick wood, with a ditch all round, and a low wall, made of mud, or the trunks of trees placed one upon another. the people planted little or no corn, but lived upon the flesh of their flocks and cattle. they made no coins, but used metal rings for money. they were clever in basket-work, as savage people often are; and they could make a coarse kind of cloth, and some very bad earthenware. but in building fortresses they were much more clever.

The best expresses the main idea of this paragraph is D

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel