Which choice displays the most formal style and language? a) if the stranger hadn't been there! but he was. and caesar crossed. with such results! b) you, the reader, have a personal interest in that link, and so have i; so has the rest of the human race. c) a person remarked for his noble mien and graceful aspect appeared close at and, sitting and playing upon a pipe. d) very well, i am glad he crossed. and very really and glad, too, though i never cared anything about it before.

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.