Question

1. the apennine mountains run like a limp stretching out eastward, and on them seems formed that land, shaped som called italy. there were several nations living round these hill and latins being the chief. the latins and the sabines were like the greeks. there were a great many settlements of gre italy, and they learned something from them. they had a gre had its own guardian. these were called lares, or penates, a represented as little figures of dogs lying by the hearth, or as this is the reason that the bars, which close in an open heart whenever there was a meal in the house the master began b lares, and also to his own ancestors, of whom he kept figure much of their families, and all one family had the same name tullius or appius, the daughters only changing it by making it and the men having separate names standing first, such as m sisters were only numbered to distinguish them. the author presents the information in a(n) a ambiguous way. b instructive way. c theoretical way. d dramatic way.

Explanation:

The passage provides factual information about the geography (Apennine mountains, Italy), the nations living there (Latins, Sabines, Greeks), and cultural aspects (settlements, Lares/Penates, naming conventions). An "instructive way" means presenting information to educate or inform, which matches the descriptive, factual nature of the text. Option A is incorrect as the information is clear, not ambiguous. Option C is wrong because it's not theoretical (no abstract concepts or hypotheses). Option D is incorrect as there's no drama (no story with conflict or emotion), just factual explanation.

Answer:

B. instructive way.