Why might mark twain have written about lower-class citizens in his satires? a. to ensure that he wrote only about topics with which he was familiar. b. to reflect the realities of life in his writings. c. to ignore the upper class, which he did not see as being worthy of his attention. d. to give readers a sense of what his life was like as a child.

Which excerpt from "the most dangerous game" best portrays zaroff as rainsford’s foil? "but no animal can reason," objected rainsford. "my dear fellow," said the general, "there is one that can." "but you can't mean—" gasped rainsford. "and why not? " "why should i not be serious? i am speaking of hunting." "hunting? general zaroff, what you speak of is murder.” "and if they win? " the smile on the general's face widened. "to date i have not lost," he said.