Short answer using the strategy of a. p.e., answer the question that follows: a: answer the question (sentence one) p: prove your answer using relevant citations (quotes) from the text (sentence two) e: explain how your proof answers the question (sentence three) your answer should be at least three sentences. james and captain keller discuss the civil war battle of vicksburg, in which the union general grant and his army attacked vicksburg for more than forty days and finally won. vicksburg is considered a turning point in the war. what can you infer about the historical setting, based on their conversation? what opinions and political beliefs do they express?

What does twain find ironic and hypocritical about human patriotism?

What is a mechanism by which organisms maintain homeostasis when the level of one substance influences the level of another substance or the activity of an organ.

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).