What is the purpose of paragraphs 44 and 45 in relation to the selection's overall argument?

To describe the reparations granted to dogs but not to football players

In contrast "belligerent" (para. 44) means

Hostile

When the author says that what happens at Best Friends constitutes "an extravagant gesture" (para. 47), he means that it is

A lavish act

Why did the author make paragraph 49 only two sentences long?

To emphasize the importance of the point he is making

What is the purpose of paragraph 50

To draw a similarity between football and dogfighting in regard to gameness

What is the best way to describe the author's attitude in this essay?

Rational

Which of the following does the author use in the passage?

Descriptive imagery

Which of the following phrases from the passage has the most negative connotation?

"morally repellent" (para. 47)