Hardly a man takes a half-hour’s nap after dinner, but when he wakes he holds up his head and asks, "what’s the news? " as if the rest of mankind had stood his sentinels [soldiers]. which best describes the "man" thoreau refers to in the excerpt? a - he expects others to attend to his needs when he wakes up. b - he is under constant protection by soldiers. c - he naps often and is always sleepy. d - he must have the most up-to-date news at all times.

What influenced robert louis stevenson's writingstyle?

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

After thea elvsted leaves the room, crushed by lovborg’s statement that he had destroyed the manuscript, he says to hedda, “to you i can tell the truth, hedda.” why does he think he can tell hedda the truth? do you think he’s right in this statement? why or why not? your answer should be at least one hundred words.