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Don't mind Martin; he just likes to play devil's advocate, shows that Martin wants to provoke discussion.
The idiom “he just likes to play devil's advocate” is a Latin translation of ‘advocatus diaboli’ , refers to attack an argument even one is in favor of it in order to testify the validity of the proposition or to examine it’s strength.
Answer:
Medical practices and illness in Elizabethan England
Explanation:
This book written by Ian Mortimen <u>deals with medical issues in England during the period in which Elizabeth was the queen. </u>
This was a period in which illnesses such as a flu would kill people because <u>antibiotics didn't exist and the lack of hygiene was catastrophic. </u>There were no sewers, people never made the connection between washing their hands and preventing illnesses. As a result, plagues would be very common and people would die on a daily basis.
Very few children survived, for example Shakespeare expirienced the death of his son Hamnet. People would have several children because they knew that only a couple of them would survive childhood.
<u>Answer:</u>
Based on the excerpt, the most reasonable plot prediction is that (A) Farquhar may unknowingly walk into a trap.
<u>Explanation:</u>
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by “Ambrose Bierce” is a story set during American Civil War. The soldier had disguised himself and he was a scout. Gradually in the story we come to know that 'Farquhar' had been set up through a tricky play. So, the correct option is option A.
Farquhar is a supporter of confederate. Thinking that the soldier that came is confederate he informed about the movements of the Union soldiers, thinking Confederate could win the war with this information. But the 'Confederate soldier' was a Union soldier in disguise.
