Read this passage:
devante stared at the dust-covered streets and
remembered a time when those same streets were
bustling with activity and the nearby skyscrapers were
packed with people working and living. now everything
was empty. since the war, everything was different but the
one thing that bothered him the most was the all-
consuming quiet
what element of plot is this passage an example of?
a. climax
b. resolution
c. exposition
d. falling action

C. Exposition

Explanation:

THis passage creates a vivid imagery of what was happening in the context of the excerpt, what was the reality and how was the protagonist living, this in a plot is an example of exposition, it does not have conflict like the climax would have, nor offers resolution, or falling action, it´s just a set up for what´s about to come.

a) madame podtochina used witchcraft to make it disappear.

ok if it wasn't the hans one it was probably c or he thought the mountain was collapsing on them.