4. part b: which quote from the text best supports the answer to part a? a “the time had come for the men to make a plan, but they had very few these men were just about as far from land as it was possible to be anywhere on earth.” (paragraph 5) b “to be eaten by cannibals, to be battered by storms, to starve to death before reaching land. these were the fears that danced in the imaginations of these poor men” (paragraph 5) c “when the last of the survivors were finally picked up by two passing ships, less than half of the men were left alive, and some of them had resorted to their own form of cannibalism.” (paragraph 9) d “perhaps if they’d been able to read their fears more like a scientist, with more coolness of judgment, they would have listened instead to the less violent but the more likely tale, the story of starvation” (paragraph 10)

Well its (B. because it makes more scene!

Your correct answer is B

“To be eaten by cannibals, to be battered by storms, to starve to death before reaching land. These were the fears that danced in the imaginations of these poor men” (Paragraph 5)

Explanation:

a and b are the correct answer to what your looking fior

the correct answer is d. in john paston's letter written friday, 14, 1476, he expresses his fear that he may have to go to war.

indeed, although the black death was ravaging europe, the pastons were relatively safe from it due to their social status as they were part of the landed gentry. it is clear that the vast majority of the victims of the pandemic were the poor. the reason why he is weary of having to go to war is because at the particular time england was also devastated by the war of the roses and paston, being a courtesan was inevitably involved.