Which of the following inferences about the letter's recipient is best supported by the passage below (paragraphs 6-7)?
It was a pleasure to me to find in your letter the name of Professor Horacek; I keep for that lovable
and learned man a great veneration and a gratitude that endures through the years. Will you, please,
tell him how I feel; it is very good of him still to think of me, and I know how to appreciate it.
The verses which you kindly entrusted to me I am returning at the same time. And I thank you once
more for your great and sincere confidence, of which I have tried, through this honest answer given
to the best of my knowledge, to make myself a little worthier than, as a stranger, I really am.
A. The recipient of the letter is a close family friend.
B. The recipient is paying the author for his advice.
C. The recipient asked the author to share a few of his own poems in return.
D. The recipient of the letter is a college student or recent graduate.
Mi

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.

the correct answer is d. in john paston's letter written friday, 14, 1476, he expresses his fear that he may have to go to war.

indeed, although the black death was ravaging europe, the pastons were relatively safe from it due to their social status as they were part of the landed gentry. it is clear that the vast majority of the victims of the pandemic were the poor. the reason why he is weary of having to go to war is because at the particular time england was also devastated by the war of the roses and paston, being a courtesan was inevitably involved.