Read the excerpt from "the long haul." some say this new generation hasn't done much but send a text message or two. our generation wasn't perfect but it was sincere. we see so much potential in these young and brilliant minds. they’ll do great things if they're willing to dig. what does the act of digging represent in this poem? attending school regularly letting go of the past working hard toward a goal using new inventions

According to the context of the excerpt from "The Long Haul" which deals with the young generation, the act of digging refers to working hard toward a goal, since the speaker asserts that in spite of the fact that the new generation is not perfect, the young have great potential and brilliant minds to  achieve great goals but only if they work hard to attain it.

Option C is correct.

The statement "Beowulf had traveled a great distance to offer services to the Danes" is a summary of one part of Beowulf epic poem, since it gives a brief account of the story. Besides, there is an absence of interpretations or explanations as this happens when you make a commentary. Furthermore, there is not any deep analysis of the statement which proves original thoughts about the passage.