Which statement best illustrates Parris’s character? He is more concerned with how people will react when they learn that there are confessions than he is with the fact that innocent people will die.
The public will not accept the fact that people confessed and might try to punish them again.
Those that confessed should not confess so that honest people can think that only good was done.
Confessions from people about their involvement in witchcraft could make people in the community angry, and they might rebel.

It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range recovery, that you will have the driving force to accomplish long-range reform. on the other hand, even wise and necessary reform may, in some respects, impede and complicate recovery. what is the purpose of the transitional phrase on the other hand in this excerpt? a) it provides a counter-argument to the writer's main ideas. b) it provides a hypothetical situation for the reader to ponder. c) it provides additional evidence in favor of the writer's argument. d) it provides information about laws that are opposed to the writer's argument.