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The north and the west and the south are good hunting ground, but it is forbidden to go east. It is forbidden to go to any of the Dead Places except to search for metal and then he who touches the metal must be a priest or the son of a priest. Afterwards, both the man and the metal must be purified. These are the rules and the laws; they are well made. It is forbidden to cross the great river and look upon the place that was the Place of the Gods—this is most strictly forbidden. We do not even say its name though we know its name. It is there that spirits live, and demons—it is there that there are the ashes of the Great Burning. These things are forbidden—they have been forbidden since the beginning of time. –“By the Waters of Babylon,” Stephen Vincent Benét Which details reveal the setting of the passage? Check all that apply. “the north and the west . . . are good hunting ground” “it is forbidden to go east” “they are well made” “the son of a priest” “it is there that there are the ashes of the Great Burning”

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Answer: "the north and the west... are good hunting ground"

"it is forbidden to go east"

"it is there that there are the ashes of the Great Burning"

Step-by-step explanation:

The short story "By the Waters of Babylon", by Stephen Vincent Benét, narrates John's journey to New York City. John is a priest and son of a priest in a post-apocalyptic future. New York City is known by his people as the Place of the Gods. After the Great Burning - which is later revealed to have been some sort of bomb or another weapon of mass destruction - the world and the people who still inhabit it have returned to a primitive, superstitious state. They believe metal to be cursed and the people who once lived upon this Earth to have been gods.

In this specific excerpt, the details that seem to reveal the setting are:

• "the north and the west... are good hunting ground"
• "it is forbidden to go east"
• "it is there that there are the ashes of the Great Burning"

John eventually goes east, crosses the Hudson and reaches New York. He then realizes that the gods were actually people, and that their greed was what caused their own destruction.