My only timepiece is a wall clock. one day i forgot to wind it and it stopped. i went to visit a friend who has a watch which is always correct, stayed a while, and then went home. there i made a simple calculation and set the clock right. how did i do this even though i had no watch on me to tell how long it took me to return from my friend's house? **who agreed to put riddles in an english class? ? **

What conclusion can be drawn about juliet based on her reaction to her pending wedding? she embraces traditions. she is delighted and obedient. she is stubborn and willful. she respects authority.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.

Match each excerpt to the epic characteristics it contains