The story “cruel tribute” is broken into four parts:

i. the treaty
ii. the tribute
iii. the princess
iv. the labyrinth

how does ordering the events this way affect the level of suspense in the story?

sequencing the events this way does not affect the level of suspense.
sequencing the events this way maintains the level of suspense.
sequencing the events this way decreases the level of suspense.
sequencing the events this way increases the level of suspense.

Correct answer choice is :

Minos, king of Crete, had declared war upon Athens. He had come with a great navy of ships and an infantry, and had robbed the merchant ships in the harbor, and had overrun all the country and the coast even to Megara, which lies to the west. He had set loss the fields and gardens round about Athens, had flung his camp close to the walls, and had sent word to the Athenian rulers that on the morrow he would march into their city with fire and sword and would slay all their young men and would pull down all their houses, even to the Temple of Athena, which stood on the great hill above the town.

c is the correct answer