Question

“The lottery” "There was a great deal of fussing to be done..." Why would this statement
be considered ironic?
a. the postmaster has on a clean shirt
b. the heads of the family gather
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c. the box is falling apart and there is never a consistent ritual.
d. Mr. Summer is proper and important.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is B)

Explanation:  

In the 7th paragraph, the writer makes the statement "There was a great deal of fussing to be done before Mr. Summers declared the lottery open."

Fussing here is ironic because in the second sentence of that paragraph, they were going to make up lists of people family heads, and family members, who were supposed to partake in the lottery.

Going by the rules of a lottery, names ought not to be made up. But to be collated as -s from the list of those who ought to partake in it. Going the normal route would have been the actually fussing. But they decided to take a shortcut.

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