In dante's inferno, canto xix, the narrator sees a former pope suffering punishment in hell. which sentence best states the theme that this scene develops?

a. knowledge and power often coexist
b. freedom and authority are tied together
c. corruption is rampant in institutions
d. loneliness is common in the church

the right ones are in bold.

daintly refers to the fact she was reaching for what she ate, not necessarily what she is like.

greatest charm as in she possessed (=had) the greatest charm.

pleasant (her demeanor)

speaking (of her sensibility)

dead refers to the hypothetical mouse.

bleeding refers to the hypothetical mouse.

b. brooks wrote about the same type of neighborhood in which she grew up.