Tobias Wolff most likely named his short story "Mortals" because the story explores the theme of people

a) coming to terms with the idea that one day they too will die
b) wanting to find out what their loved ones really think of them
c) achieving immortality by being "big people" while they are alive
d) hoping that they will have accomplished before they die

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion