Question

1. the dead should be buried privately. the summer of the pestilence the panic is owing mainly, i think, to the quarantine regulations, by which our communication with all the cities and towns around us, and even with some of the counties to which our citizens would naturally flee, has been cut off. . . . new york took the lead in this matter, issuing her quarantine order on the 30th of july. since then, almost every mail has brought us the information that one place after another—suffolk, richmond, petersburg, welden, hampton, washington, baltimore—has shut us out. what is different in the way the excerpts introduce the regulations? the fictional excerpt is shorter than the nonfictional excerpt. the fictional excerpt has a darker tone than the nonfictional excerpt. the fictional excerpt shows the regulations through a written notice. the nonfictional excerpt describes the reaction to the regulations. the fictional excerpt tells only some of the regulations. the nonfictional excerpt describes all of the regulations. mark the and return save and exit

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The length of the excerpts isn't the focus of how they introduce regulations. Eliminate.
• Option 2: The "darker tone" isn't related to introducing regulations. Eliminate.
• Option 3: The fictional excerpt (from "The Summer of the Pestilence") shows quarantine regulations via a written notice (the panic due to regulations), while the non - fictional excerpt describes the reaction (New York's order, towns shutting us out). This matches how they introduce regulations.
• Option 4: The non - fictional excerpt doesn't describe all regulations, and the fictional one doesn't just tell some. Eliminate.

Answer:

The fictional excerpt shows the regulations through a written notice. The nonfictional excerpt describes the reaction to the regulations.