Based on the excerpt, what is the speaker’s perspective on the riot? the speaker thinks that the riot was a mistake. the speaker thinks that the riot was somewhat inevitable. the speaker thinks that the riot should have happened in the fall. the speaker thinks that the riot was entirely preventable.

I believe the missing excerpt is from Midsummer by Derek Walcott, which is as follows:

With the stampeding hiss and scurry of green lemmings, 
midsummer's leaves race to extinction like the roar
of a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses;
they seethe toward autumn's fire—it is in their nature,
being men as well as leaves, to die for the sun.

So, based on the excerpt, the speaker thinks that the riot was somewhat inevitable.

To add, Midsummer is a sequence of 54 lyrics that record one year's passing in the poet's life from summer to summer. 

The speaker thinks that the riot was somewhat inevitable.

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.

nambe vazhkaile elam nala irukum