Which sentence is in the active voice

the pact was negotiated by a team of seasoned diplomats.
the garden was colonized by a dazzling variety of weeds.
our teacher was quoted in a magazine last week.
our old toaster always burns the toast on one side.

The answer is D: Our old toaster always burns the toast on one side. This sentence is using an active verb. The other sentences are in the passive voice, which is formed by putting the verb to be into the same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the active verb. (A) to be: was + negotiated;  (B)to be: was+ colonized; (C) to be: was + quoted.  In the active voice, they would be:  (A) "A team...negotiated the pact."; (B) "A dazzling...colonized the garden." and (C) "A magazine quoted our teacher..."

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.