Can you please help with these last two questions I don't understand them at all​

Which of the following is not a common response to feeling stressed on the road? a. crippling indecision b. enhanced reflexes c. lethargic reactions

Why are reading and writing necessary in today’s world

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?