Sweet and gentle ladies, this day has been devoted, so far as i can see, to the doings of kings and sultans and people of that sort; and therefore, so as not to place too great a distance between us, i want to tell you of a marquis, whose actions, even though things turned out well for him in the end, were remarkable not so much for their munificence as for their senseless brutality. (p. 784) which option identifies the context clue that would be most in determining the meaning of the underlined word? not so much as for their senseless to place too great a distance between though things turned out well for him in the the doings of kings and sultans and people of that sort;

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.