from Vanity Fair

Having passed through Gaunt Square into Great Gaunt Street, the carriage at length stopped at a tall gloomy house between two other tall gloomy houses, each with a hatchment over the middle drawing-room window; as is the custom of houses in Great Gaunt Street, in which gloomy locality death seems to reign perpetual. The shutters of the first-floor windows of Sir Pitt's mansion were closed—those of the dining-room were partially open, and the blinds neatly covered up in old newspapers.

John, the groom, who had driven the carriage alone, did not care to descend to ring the bell; and so prayed a passing milk-boy to perform that office for him. When the bell was rung, a head appeared between the interstices of the dining-room shutters, and the door was opened by a man in drab breeches and gaiters, with a dirty old coat, a foul old neckcloth lashed round his bristly neck, a shining bald head, a leering red face, a pair of twinkling grey eyes, and a mouth perpetually on the grin.

(from ,Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray)

Which detail from the passage establishes the setting as a dark and cheerless place?

1. a tall gloomy house between two other tall gloomy houses

2. the shutters of the first floor windows were closed

3. the blinds were neatly covered up in old newspapers

4. a dirty old coat and a foul old neckcloth lashed round his bristly neck

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from Vanity Fair

Having passed through Gaunt Square into Great Gaunt Street, the carriage at length stopped at a tall gloomy house between two other tall gloomy houses, each with a hatchment over the middle drawing-room window; as is the custom of houses in Great Gaunt Street, in which gloomy locality death seems to reign perpetual. The shutters of the first-floor windows of Sir Pitt's mansion were closed—those of the dining-room were partially open, and the blinds neatly covered up in old newspapers.

John, the groom, who had driven the carriage alone, did not care to descend to ring the bell; and so prayed a passing milk-boy to perform that office for him. When the bell was rung, a head appeared between the interstices of the dining-room shutters, and the door was opened by a man in drab breeches and gaiters, with a dirty old coat, a foul old neckcloth lashed round his bristly neck, a shining bald head, a leering red face, a pair of twinkling grey eyes, and a mouth perpetually on the grin.

(from ,Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray)

Which detail from the passage establishes the setting as a dark and cheerless place?

1. a tall gloomy house between two other tall gloomy houses

2. the shutters of the first floor windows were closed

3. the blinds were neatly covered up in old newspapers

4. a dirty old coat and a foul old neckcloth lashed round his bristly neck

Elsa213 · Answer

`1. a tall gloomy house between two other tall gloomy houses`

Elsa213 · Answer

Gloomy is sad and dark.

AngeI · Answer

Process of elimination, d isnt even talking about the place, c is newspapers so like no, b is saying it's closed. A is the only one that fits the description cx

bill533 · Answer

This is how tree farms grow pine forests. In the spring, seedlings are planted ten feet apart in rows that are ten feet apart. After four or five years, about one-third of the trees are removed to give the remaining trees more room to grow. About three years after that, another one-third are removed. Then, every other year the lower branches are cut away so that the tree's growth is upward and not outward. Depending on the climate of the region, the trees may be harvested for paper making at 18 to 25 years of age. If the goal is logs for building, the trees need to be between 25 and 35 years old. Which is the most likely reason the author chose chronological order to organize this text? 1.to show the steps required to grow pine trees for different uses 2.to make the comparisons among tree products clearer 3.to emphasize the important stages of growth 4.to explain the purposes of tree farming

AngeI · Answer

Please make another post for that question cx