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read the passage from "the royal house of thebes."
in the course of their desolate wanderings oedipus and antigone came to colonus, a lovely spot near athens, where the one-time erinyes, the furies, now the benignant goddesses, had a place sacred to them and therefore a refuge for suppliants. the blind old man and his daughter felt safe there, and there oedipus died. most unhappy in much of his life, he was happy at the end. the oracle which once had spoken terrible words to him comforted him when he was dying. apollo promised that he, the disgraced, the homeless wanderer, would bring to the place where his grave should be a mysterious blessing from the gods. theseus, the king of athens, received him with all honor, and the old man died rejoicing that he was no longer hateful to men, but welcomed as a benefactor to the land that harbored him.
which statement accurately analyzes this passage from a historical perspective?
a) people who heard this story when it was first told may have believed that oracles could predict the future accurately.
b) the characters in this story live in a society where everyone is equal.
c) the characters in this story are kind to one another, even when being kind turns out to be risky or frightening.
d) people who heard this story when it was first told did not believe in sacred spaces.

Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”