TEST: The Night Face UpThe story's parallel plots concern- * a modern hospital and an Aztec ritual

a pedestrian and a motorist

the two sides of an ancient war

a busy city and a beautiful jungle

A modern hospital and an Aztec ritual.

Explanation:

Julio Cortazar's short story "The Night Face Up," tells the story of how a man got into a motorcycle accident and ends up in a hospital. At the same time, he dreams of being sacrificed in an ancient Aztec ritual which turns out to be real too. The story deals with how dreams can become a reality, through the exploration of a fantasy world.

A parallel plot is when an author uses two stories side by side to narrate or present his/ her story. These two plots share the same time and importance in the story. And in this particular story, the parallel plot is between the motorcycle accident that led the young man to the modern hospital and that very same man being made a sacrificial lamb for a ritual by the Aztecs.

Thus, the correct answer is the first option .

they are all talking about chocolate (next time you post a question with "which" post the choices too)

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.