Read this excerpt from an autobiography. which sentence implies that the author is excited about wearing her cheerleading uniform? there was an extra spring in my step as i walked to school sporting my newly pressed cheerleading uniform. i could hear snickers coming from a few boys from the soccer team. “what a shame! ” called the captain, scotty. “the flag is missing from the flag pole today.” he looked over at me. with my blue uniform, white pom-poms, and fiery red hair, scotty concluded that i would be the perfect replacement. the joke was on them, though. they forgot about my three older brothers who played football.

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]