Read the excerpt from the riddle of the rosetta stone, by james cross giblin. young had learned to read before he was two, and by the age of twenty had mastered a dozen foreign languages including arabic, persian, and turkish. an inheritance from an uncle left him free to pursue his scientific interests. at various times, young studied the habits of spiders, the surface features of the moon, and diseases of the chest. then, intrigued by the challenge of the rosetta stone, he put aside his other studies and concentrated on attempting to decipher the writing on it. young had read of de sacy's and akerblad's work in paris, and was determined to succeed where they had failed. the details in this excerpt hint that giblin has a

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.