Question

1. part b: which two details from the text best support the answer to part a? a. \capital punishment kills a man at once, but lifelong imprisonment kills him slowly. which executioner is the more humane, he who kills you in a few minutes or he who drags the life out of you in the course of many years?\ (paragraph 1) b. \think better of it, young man, while there is still time. to me two million is a trifle, but you are losing three or four of the best years of your life. i say three or four, because you wont stay longer.\ (paragraph 11) c. \desperate gambling on the stock exchange, wild speculation and the excitability which he could not get over even in advancing years, had by degrees led to the decline of his fortune and the proud, fearless, self - confident millionaire had become a banker of middling rank, trembling at every rise and fall in his investments.\ (paragraph 22) d. \he is asleep and most likely dreaming of the millions. and i have only to take this half - dead man, throw him on the bed, stifle him a little with the pillow, and the most conscientious expert would find no sign of a violent death.\ (paragraph 30) e. \at no other time, even when he had lost heavily on the stock exchange, had he felt so great a contempt for himself. when he got home he lay on his bed, but his tears and emotion kept him for hours from sleeping.\ (paragraph 38) f. \to avoid arousing unnecessary talk, he took from the table the writing in which the millions were renounced, and when he got home locked it up in the fireproof safe.\ (paragraph 39)

Explanation:

To answer this, one must analyze which text - details align with the answer in Part A. Option A presents a philosophical - legal debate on the humanity of capital punishment and lifelong imprisonment. Option B is a cautionary statement about sacrificing time for money. Option C details a financial decline. Option D describes a potential act of murder. Option E shows self - contempt after a financial loss. Option F is about safeguarding a document renouncing millions. Without knowing Part A's answer, assuming it relates to themes of punishment or ethics, A and B seem most relevant as they touch on moral and life - choice aspects.

Answer:

A. "Capital punishment kills a man at once, but lifelong imprisonment kills him slowly. Which executioner is the more humane, he who kills you in a few minutes or he who drags the life out of you in the course of many years?" (Paragraph 1)
B. "Think better of it, young man, while there is still time. To me two million is a trifle, but you are losing three or four of the best years of your life. I say three or four, because you won't stay longer." (Paragraph 11)