Although traffic analysis, tempest attacks, viruses and Trojan horses are all useful techniques for gathering
information, cryptanalysts realize that their real goal is to
find a way of cracking the RSA cipher, the cornerstone of
modern encryption. The RSA cipher is used to protect the
most important military, diplomatie, commercial and
criminal communications - exactly the messages that
intelligence gathering organizations want to decipher.
- The Code Book,
Simon Singh
How is information presented in this passage?
Information is revealed chronologically.
Information is organized around the central idea that
the RSA cipher is extremely strong.
The text uses vivid descriptions with a storytelling
style to explain events,

Excerpt from the rainbow, chapter x (excerpt) d. h. lawrence then there was an outcry. mrs. brangwen would not have it; no, she would not. all her innate dignity and standoffishness rose up. then there was the vicar lecturing the school. "it was a sad thing that the boys of cossethay could not behave more like gentlemen to the girls of cossethay. indeed, what kind of boy was it that should set upon a girl, and kick her, and beat her, and tear her pinafore? that boy deserved severe castigation, and the name of coward, for no boy who was not a coward—etc., etc." from the textual evidence provided in this paragraph, what conclusions can the reader draw regarding the vicar? a) he favors boys over girls. b) he has no strong feelings. c) he supports mrs. brangwen's perspective entirely. d) he tends to be indulgent towards children's misbehavior.