Read the passage:

i find them in the garden,
for there's many here about;
and often when i go to plough,
the ploughshare turns them out!
for many thousand men," said he,
"were slain in that great victory.

what is the tone in the passage?

a. bleak
b. matter-of-fact
c. bitter
d. sincere

the emperor is made to look inferior next to faustus's power.

the answer is: the start of world war i, and russia’s hopes of benefiting from it

during world war i russian joined due to in their current crisis they were being supported by france and the war was already declared to them by germany, they needed to maintain their political goal and leadership role in the balkans, and is the same feeling that this excerpt evoke the eager of maintain the land value.