Read the excerpt from "daughter of invention". yoyo didn't need much encouragement. she put her nose to the fire, as her mother would have said, and read from start to finish without looking up. when she concluded, she was a little embarrassed at the pride she took in her own words. she pretended to quibble with a phrase or two, then looked questioningly to her mother. laura's face was radiant. yoyo turned to share her pride with her father. what does the underlined idiom tell the reader about yoyo? a. she was cold as she wrote her speech, so she sat by the fire. b. she worked hard to finish her speech for the assembly. c. she was proud of the speech once she finished it. d. she finished the speech in a very short amount of time.

Titinius.] why didst thou send me forth, brave cassius? did i not meet thy friends, and did not they put on my brows this wreath of victory, and bid me give it thee? didst thou not hear their shouts? alas, thou hast misconstrued everything! but hold thee, take this garland on thy brow. thy brutus bid me give it thee, and i will do his bidding. brutus, come apace, and see how i regarded caius cassius. by your leave, gods,—this is a roman’s part: come, cassius’ sword, and find titinius’ heart. which theme is best expressed by the text evidence in the excerpt? a. power corrupts those who achieve it. b victory has a high cost for both sides of a conflict. c. loyalty to one's superior is more important than life. d. people in power cannot recognize success.