Read the excerpt from "binding memories." "ah, the romantic soul! " said my parents skeptically, worried that my business would fail, that i was behind the times. based on this stanza, how do the speaker’s parents feel about her decision to pursue book publishing?

They wish the speaker would choose a more reliable profession.

Explanation:

Based on the excerpt taken from "Binding Memories", we can see the reaction of the parents towards their daughter's pursuit of a career in book publishing. Especially, the mention of the words that her "parents skeptically, worried that my business would fail, that I was behind the times" shows their worries and also uncertain about the business. They wished that she had chosen something more practical and professionally reliable. For them, a publishing house is of no use for this modern age that hardly have any use for books.

the correct answer is 2.

a slump in geology means a mass movement process of slope failure. a mass of rock or unconsolidated material drops along a slip surface. in other words, rock layers move a short distance down the slope. the slump block is an intact block (2), without any landslide material.

in this image, 1 is the surface of rapture (scarp), 2 the slump block, 3 main scarp (crown), 4 base of rapture with debris flow.

slumps are caused by clear cutting on unstable soils and the sagging of earth, in coastal areas they are due to wave infiltration.