read the excerpt below and answer the question.
no one can say what will be dead or alive tomorrow, in literature, philosophy, aesthetics; no one yet knows
what ideas and modes of expression will be inscribed on the casualty list, what novelties will be proclaimed.
hope, of course, remains
the above quote is from__
written

1a. “shakespeares sister”
1b. “the metamorphosis”
1c. “the crisis of the mind”
1d. “araby”

2a. paul valéry
2b. franz kafka
2c. james joyce
2d. virginia woolf

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house