Question

read the excerpt from \the crab that played with the sea.\
he went north, best beloved, and he found all-the-elephant-there-was digging with his tusks and stamping with his feet in the nice new clean earth that had been made ready for him.
kun? said all-the-elephant-there-was, meaning, is this right?
payah kun, said the eldest magician, meaning, that is quite right; and he breathed upon the great rocks and lumps of earth that all-the-elephant-there-was had thrown up, and they became the great himalayan mountains, and you can look them out on the map.
he went east, and he found all-the-cow-there-was feeding in the field that had been made ready for her, and she licked her tongue round a whole forest at a...
which details from the excerpt best support the conclusion that this story is about the creation of the world? select two options.

• things turn into geographical features of the earth, such as the himalayas, when the eldest magician blows on them.
• the eldest magician and the animals engage in conversations using language, which is an example of personification.
• the animals engage in activities that are typical of their species, such as the cow chewing its cud and the beaver building a dam.
• the author repeats foreign expressions such as \kun\ and \payah kun\ in the conversations between the magician and the animals.

Explanation:

1. For the option "Things turn into geographical features of the Earth, such as the Himalayas, when the Eldest Magician blows on them": The excerpt shows the Eldest Magician breathing on rocks and earth thrown up by the elephant, which then become the Himalayan Mountains. This directly shows the creation of a part of the world (geographical features), so it supports the conclusion.
2. For the option "The animals engage in activities that are typical of their species, such as the cow chewing its cud and the beaver building a dam": In a creation story, establishing the natural behaviors of animals (which are part of the created world) helps build the idea of a newly created world where each creature has its role, so this also supports the conclusion about the creation of the world.

The other options: The second option is about personification (not directly about creation), and the fourth is about foreign expressions (not related to creation).

Answer:

A. Things turn into geographical features of the Earth, such as the Himalayas, when the Eldest Magician blows on them.
C. The animals engage in activities that are typical of their species, such as the cow chewing its cud and the beaver building a dam.