Which of the following statements best expresses how the dialogue in the poem reflects the beliefs of naturalism? The universe's negative response suggests that the universe seeks to destroy humans. The universe's instructive tone underscores humans’ ignorance of the universe's plan. The dialogue reveals humans’ self-interest and their helplessness in the face of external forces. The dialogue reveals humans’ will to survive despite pressure from external forces.

Delegates: representatives who cast votes at a political party's national convention. binding: if a primary or caucus is “binding” that means the delegates won in that contest are legally bound to vote for a particular candidate at the parties national convention.a primary is a preliminary election used to determine a party's nominee for a specific office. the winner of the party's caucus, or primary, wins the party nomination for that state. then the delegates meet at their party's national party convention, which is a formal gathering of all party delegates from all states.