Excerpt 1: he is afraid to be nikhil, someone he doesn’t know. who doesn’t know him. his parents tell him that they each have two names, too, as do all their bengali friends in america, and all their relatives in calcutta. it’s a part of growing up, they tell him, part of being a bengali. excerpt 2: at the end of his first day he is sent home with a letter to his parents from mrs. lapidus, folded and stapled to a string around his neck, explaining that due to their son’s preference he will be known as gogol at school. what about the parents’ preference? ashima and ashoke wonder, shaking their heads. which statement best tells how the main conflict in the first excerpt is different from the main conflict in the second excerpt? a the first excerpt illustrates a resolved conflict, while the second excerpt illustrates an ongoing conflict. bthe first excerpt illustrates an external conflict, while the second excerpt illustrates an internal conflict. cthe first excerpt illustrates an internal conflict, while the second excerpt illustrates an external conflict. dthe first excerpt illustrates an ongoing conflict, while the second excerpt illustrates a resolved conflict.

The test says C: The first excerpt illustrates an internal conflict, while the second excerpt illustrates an external conflict.

CThe first excerpt illustrates an internal conflict, while the second excerpt illustrates an external conflict

Explanation:

The first excerpt illustrates an internal conflict because the protagonist is undergoing an inner crisis. He wants to change his name  Gogol to Nikhil. This reflects the passage from being a young boy to being an adult. As he is breaking away with Gogol , which is an important name for his father, the protagonist feels afraid  with this change. The second excerpt shows an external conflict because the problem comes from the context . Gogol , when he is a schoolboy, has decided to be called Gogol himself. This is his preference. If his parents do not agree with this decision, he does not care.

the right ones are in bold.

daintly refers to the fact she was reaching for what she ate, not necessarily what she is like.

greatest charm as in she possessed (=had) the greatest charm.

pleasant (her demeanor)

speaking (of her sensibility)

dead refers to the hypothetical mouse.

bleeding refers to the hypothetical mouse.

i c

yas the answer is c