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Use paragraph 1 from “The Interlopers” to answer the question.

In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians, a man stood one winter night watching and listening, as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle. But the game for whose presence he kept so keen an outlook was none that figured in the sportsman’s calendar as lawful and proper for the chase; Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy.
Which phrase most establishes tension?

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a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians
a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians

as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision
as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision

a man stood one winter night watching and listening
a man stood one winter night watching and listening

Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy

Answer 1

The phrase that most establishes tension is:

"Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy."

This phrase introduces the conflict and the dangerous atmosphere of the situation, highlighting that Ulrich is not simply hunting an animal, but is instead searching for a human adversary.