Read the excerpt from Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenburg. Then, choose the best answer. Which is the best summary of this excerpt?
The author returns back home to Italy and watches the ignorant as they lose their money or get arrested for various reasons. He is prejudiced and thinks he is smarter than most other people and that America is a better place for most people to live.
The author says Naples, Italy, is beautiful, yet smelly. He reports about Italians arrested after running from being drafted. He also explains how tricksters and thieves are preying on Italians and other unsuspecting visitors.
Italian immigrants are very rich when they come to America, yet they lose it all and come back to Italy poor because the banks have cheated them of all of their money.
The author is expressing his fear over coming into the port city of Naples. He stays safe by talking to a police official. He is criticizing the Italians for being cowardly, criminal, and ignorant.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease

the answer would be: it explains that at least one son must join the church

the expression ''as the tithe of his sons'' indicates how his father intended for at least one of his sons to serve the church. this phrase demonstrates that his father offered him as a last resort since none of his brothers chose to serve the church.

hope this answer you: )!

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.