Help me asap Which quotation from the passage best explains Twain's viewpoint about the barber?

“I said, with withering irony, that it was sufficient to be skinned—I declined to be scalped.”

“The first rake of his razor loosened the very hide from my face and lifted me out of the chair.”

“I stormed and raved, and the other boys enjoyed it.”

“My old, old dream of bliss vanished into thin air!”

Indicative verb mood is used for all of the following except a facts b. requests c. opinions d. questions select the best answer from the choices provided oa ob 0 c

The rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago.which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas? a) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. b) permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." c) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden; " and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. d) because of the rich natural resources which made the sacramento valley a ‘garden of eden,’ native americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.

How does the reputation of the author convey authority? from ''city upon a hill''