Which character in "the highwayman" is jealous of the highwayman?
a. tim the ostler
b. the landlord
c. one of king george's men
d. bess

Tim is the jealous ostler, he is envious of the unnamed highwayman, who is in love with Bess, and she loves him back. He betrays him eventually, which leads Bess to her death, and upon hearing of her demise, the Highwayman also dies trying to get revenge, only to be reunited with his love in the Other world.

simple random sampling

Step-by-step explanation:

A simple random sampling is a sampling technique in statistics in which a subset of the population (with population size N) is drawn by the researcher by selecting candidates for sample randomly such that the chances for each candidate to get selected remains equal as .

Given : The names of 50 contestants are written on 50 cards.

here ,N= 50

So , the probability for each student to get selected =  .

The cards are placed in a bag, and three names are picked from the bag (which is a random action).

Hence, the sampling technique is used is "simple random sampling" .