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Mark the item that displays the CORRECT translation for the text below.


The first recorded use of “brain rot” was found in 1854 in Henry David Thoreau’s book Walden, which reports his experiences of living a simple lifestyle in the natural world.

Mary Douglas's work explores the boundaries between categories. With this in mind, match the columns by associating the grammatical and lexical units as they are structured in the text's arguments:

Column 1:
(1) Essential.
(2) Unity in.
(3) Rituals of
Column 2:
( ) experience
( ) disorder.
( ) impurity.

Which alternative CORRECTLY fills in the parentheses above, from top to bottom?
The article explains that an industry of instructional games "sprang up" in the late eighteenth century. The verb phrase describes the appearance of a new commercial and educational activity in response to changing ideas about childhood education. Mark the alternative that replaces "sprang up" without changing the meaning of the passage. 
In the opening paragraph, the author states that educational games "were all the rage" in the early nineteenth century. The same paragraph describes a rapidly expanding market for instructional card, dice, and board games. Considering this context, mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT meaning of the expression "all the rage." 
The article contains the expression "The County Gaol," quoted from a British educational game, and later uses the word "laborer" when explaining the price of Anne Young's game set. These forms reflect different spelling traditions. Match the words in Column I with the descriptions in Column II. 

Column I      
1. Gaol.       2. Jail.       3. Laborer.       4. Labourer.      

Column II

I. Traditional British spelling for a place of imprisonment. 
II. Common modern spelling in both American and British  usage. 
III. American spelling without the letter "u." 
IV. British spelling retaining the letter "u." 

Mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT  matching.