Which story scenario would best fit the historical context of the 14th century? a. a prince falls in love with a house servant and choses to give up his crown in exchange for her hand in marriage. b. a beautiful maiden must be saved from a mean uncle after being left in his care while her parents traveled to distant lands. c. a village struggles to survive being cut off from the neighboring towns due to rising floodwaters. d. a child and his favorite pony are separated due to family financial needs and the pony journeys to find his way back to the boy.

Read the following excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut: he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. but he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. what message about the role of media is best supported in this excerpt? a. media are the reason george is able to watch ballet. b. media change people's values, making them more selfish. c. media tend to make audiences' worldviews the same. d. media can be used to distract audiences from the truth.