Question

Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter.

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

What part of the plot does this excerpt reveal?

It is part of the exposition that describes the importance of the Puritan prison.

It is part of the exposition that describes the happiness of the Puritan settlers.

It is part of the rising action that reveals criminal activity.

It is part of the rising action that reveals the Puritan work ethic.

Answer 1

its B

Step-by-step explanation

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Answer 2

I believe that it is part of the rising action that reveals criminal activity.
If it's a custom to build a cemetery and a prison immediately, it means there is a reason for that - there is a lot of crime which ends up with someone being dead. We don't see the importance of prisons only, but rather of cemeteries as well, which is why A is incorrect; B is incorrect because Puritans weren't really that happy; D is incorrect because we don't see their work ethic here.