After witnessing a mass execution, Moishe the Beadle returns to warn Sighet of the danger they are in, but they do not believe him. Elie describes, "But people not only refused to believe his tales, they refused to listen. Some even insinuated that he only wanted their pity, that he was imagining things. Others flatly said that he had gone mad." Why do the townspeople refuse to listen?
a) The truth seemed too terrible to believe.
b) They knew that he had always been crazy.
c) They had spoken to others who said he was lying.
d) He only wanted money from them.