Can someone check my english/reading study guide questions?

my answers will be marked with *

q1. the author's purpose in this passage is to
a. resolve the conflict that drives the story
b. establish the setting the time and place of the story*
c. bring the protagonist and antagonist into the plot
d. bring the story to its exciting turning point

q2. according to the author, the king of england during the time in which the story is set was
a. henry ii
b. richard i*
c. stephen
d. william the conqueror

q3. when the author that the nobles had "resumed their ancient license in its utmost extent," he means that the nobles had again sought to
a. share their wealth with the peasants
b. unite with nobles from other nations
c. gather as much power for themselves as possible*
d. pay homage and give respect to the absent king

q4. which is the best synonym for gallant in line 7?
a. insane
b. ordinary
c. antique
d. valiant*

q5. what does the author think of the region of england in which the story takes place?
a. it is dangerous and rugged
b. it is overdeveloped and industrialized
c. it is uninspiring and nondescript
d. it is beautiful and full of history*

Ivanhoe is the novel written by Scottish writer, Sir Walter Scott and published in 1819. Ivanhoe is a novel meant to romanticize the England of the Middle Ages, specifically, the England of the 12th century and it depicts all the social characteristics and political factors that affected the country at that time. In this excerpt taken from it, the narrator is initiating the storytelling, guiding the reader into the setting and environment in which the story will take place and also the characteristics that will frame the entire story, such as the social, political and economical characteristics of the England of the time.

In question 1, answer is correct. B. The narrator is literally positioning the reader in time and place.

Question 2, Answer is correct. B. Richard I was the king mentioned in the story as being the one awaited to return by the people. The other two kings mentioned are in regards to times before Richard I.

Question 3, answer is correct. C. Exactly what it says is that even though for a while the nobles were stopped in their path of taking all wealth for themselves and abusing the peasantry, now, with the absence of the king, they were well on their way to doing that again.

Question 4. Answer is correct. It is valiant and you can tell because the context talks about men who dared to defy the law but became known for their deeds in opposing abuse.

Question 5. Answer is correct. D. The narrator basically gushes with admiration for the history and folklore behind the forest he is describing in this tale.

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as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.