In literature authors often use flashback to
a. answer questions about plot details or reveal information about a character through a sequence of events that happened in the past.
b. set up the main conflict early on in the story's plot.
c. share important details of the story's plot with the reader while keeping them a secret from the story's characters.
d. describe the past lives of the main characters.

Arrange the events below in chronological order. claudius and polonius hide themselves and listen in on hamlet's conversation with ophelia. claudius decides that hamlet's madness is not caused by neglected love and that he is dangerous. rosencrantz and guildenstern tell claudius that they still do not know the cause of hamlet's behavior. polonius suggests that he will hide and listen as the queen talks with hamlet.