What is the purpose of the beginning_of_week method for a Date object in Ruby?

How do you create a new Date object representing the current date in Ruby?

A. Date.now

B. Date.current

C. Date.today

D. Date.new

What does the strftime method do in Ruby when applied to a Time object?

A. Returns the year of the Time object

B. Formats a Time object into a string according to the specified format

C. Returns the day of the week of the Time object

D. None of the above

Which method is used to subtract a number of days from a Date object in Ruby?

A. prev_days

B. days_ago

C. prev_day

D. subtract_days

What is the purpose of the strptime method in Ruby?

A. Converts a Date or Time object to a string

B. Returns the day of the month of the Date or Time object

C. Returns the month of the Date or Time object

D. Parses a string into a Date or Time object using a specified format