Read the sentence below and answer the following question:

but he answered not a word; like the last column of some ruined temple, he remained standing mute and solitary in the middle of the otherwise deserted room. —herman melville, "bartleby the scrivener"

in the bolded section, how does the addition of "not a word" change the impact of this introductory clause?
it emphasizes the lack of response: no answer was given at all.
it emphasizes the reference to solitary later in the sentence: "standing mute and solitary."
it suggests the narrator needed something: even a non-verbal response would have worked.
it suggests the feeling of isolation the narrator feels: the room is deserted.

Read the paragraph. theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reform. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the wealthy and powerful corporations and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities. which sentence is the thesis of this paragraph? theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reforms. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the people and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities.