Then came out of the house a grave, tall man carrying the holy writ before the supposed wizard etc., (as solemnly as the sword-bearer of london before the lord mayor) the wizard was first put in the scale, and over him was read a chapter out of the books of moses, and then the bible was put in the other scale, (which, being kept down before) was immediately let go; but, to the great surprize of the spectators, flesh and bones came down plump, and outweighed that great good book by abundance. after the same manner the others were served, and their lumps of mortality1 severally were too heavy for moses and all the prophets and apostles. refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this narrative. which phrase from the excerpt most clearly makes the witch trial seem ridiculous? "then came out of the house a grave, tall man carrying the holy writ before the supposed wizard…" "…their lumps of mortality severally were too heavy for moses and all the prophets and apostles." "…then the bible was put in the other scale,…" "…over him was read a chapter out of the books of moses,…"

"…their Lumps of Mortality severally were too heavy for Moses and all the Prophets and Apostles."

Explanation:

This is the phrase that makes the trial seem ridiculous. In this trial, we see that there is a scale, and on one side, the accused person is placed. On the other side, the Bible is put. The author implies that people believed the Bible would prove to be heavier. However, the scale shown the man to be so. The trial is made even more ridiculous by the tone of the author. The author tells us that this "lump of mortality" (the man) proved to be heavier than "Moses and all the Prophets and Apostles." The sentence is meant to mock the conclusion, which would be obvious to anyone not involved in the absurdity of the trial.

jeez la wheeze! i just checked other people who had the same question as you and both had terrible answers.

i hope i could be a little bit of a though!

hmm, lets see here. okay! so, i don't know the passages exactly since i haven't taken that quiz before, but! i will try to the best i can.

if you need on what igbo means, ill give you a hand.

igbo means a member of a people of southeastern nigeria.

so, they're asking you, "what passage uses igbo words or phrases and in at least 100 words, identify the kinds of context clues the author uses to hint at the words' meaning."

so basically, don't stress or over look this.

look closely at the passages and see if you can spot any of those hints! it doesn't have to be all, remember, its a quiz! no right or wrong answers.

the teachers are always there to and if you are struggling on this topic they will notice it in your score on the quiz and you.

(; i do hope this is useful to you!     < 3

wish you luck with the story of macbeth   you must got a crazy english teacher from uva