Select the correct text in the passage.
which line in this excerpt from kurt vonnegut's “report on the barnhouse effect” indicates that the story is an example of social sci-fi?
"if all i could do was make inkwells dance, i'd be tickled silly with the whole business." he shrugged disconsolately. "but i'm no toy, my boy. if you like, we can drive around the neighborhood, and i'll show you what i mean." he told me about pulverized boulders, shattered oaks, and abandoned farm buildings demolished within a fifty-mile radius of the campus. "did every bit of it sitting right here, just thinking—not even thinking hard."

he scratched his head nervously. "i have never dared to concentrate as hard as i can for fear of the damage i might do. i’m to the point where a mere whim is a blockbuster." there was a depressing pause. "up until a few days ago, i’ve thought it best to keep my secret for fear of what it might be put to," he continued. "now i realize that i haven’t any more right to it than a man has a right to own an atomic bomb."

he fumbled through a heap of papers. "this says about all that needs to be said, i think." he handed me a draft of a letter to the secretary of state.

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.

industrialization in great britain began with the global 'industrial revolution', a pioneer. industrialization in russia was the last in europe, a laggard.

great britain’s industrialization was driven by individual citizens, while russia’s was guided by the government.