Tools of respondmaster which statement best expresses the central idea of the excerpt? Percy British and the Americans frequently used horseback riders to carry messages, and both sides tried to capture the riders and get the messages. The rider who lost one of Washington's important messages was tallmadge himself. What happened when tallmadge and some of his men were attacked by British troops near Connecticut - New York border. Tallmadge escaped unharmed but lost at saddlebag full of secret papers.
luckily, tallmadge could do not fail into British hands. but among the papers was a letter from Washington and which he carelessly gave the name and address of an agent, George higday, say that he was a man who would probably "convey intelligence to me. "Higday was arrested, but he had managed to destroy all evidence of spying. That moved probably saved him from hanging.

O good spas no to destroy evidence in case they are arrested.

O George higday could have been hanged for spying.

O losing secret papers to the enemy could have serious consequences.

O George Washington was not good at writing letters in code.

3 is blunder, i’m not sure about the last one but the first two look correct

stating you point whats is aking you to write about?

"character is what you are in the dark." dwight lyman moody, in this very witty quotation of his, states we act and think differently when we are "in the dark", that is, when the spotlight is not on us and everyone can see us and consequently judge us. when reading, we tend to be sympathetic to some characters and their dilemmas. by being so, we are saying to ourselves that we agree with those characters' acts and choices, even if they are morally questionable if we have common sense in mind. dwight lyman moody's quotation applies very well to "crime and punishment", by   19th century russian writer fiodor dostoyevsky. raskolnikov, the main character, a former law student who spends his days reflecting upon life and its misery, draws a fatal conclusion: mankind is divided in two main categories: ordinary and extraordinary people. the first are the ones who lead a run-of-the-mill existence and are full of imperfections; the latter are the ones who are spiritually superior, the ones who always know better, and have the right to judge the ordinary ones, as well as eliminate them if for common good. raskolnikov considers himself as belonging to the extraordinary category and decides to kill an old lady who is a money lender and in whose house he rents a small room. raskolnikov compares himself to napoleon, who had the undeniable right to execute tons of people during the war in order to save his nation. of course what the main character decides to do is a horrendous crime, but as readers we feel it is the right thing for him to do, since the victim is a mean old woman who only thinks about money and keeps humiliating her younger sister. what one experiences is a mixture of sympathy and empathy for the character, even though he decides to commit homicide, which is not at all accepted or tolerated by civilized citizens. however, since readers are "in the dark", they allow themselves to feel in ways they would probably never dare to confess to anyone, no matter how nasty or vicious a character can be. after all, they are just reading and doing no harm. in other words, readers are in the dark and can be who they are without being judged.