Read the following passage!
i didn't know how to act in our new home. i was sad and
angry about being forced to move from our land. but at the
same time i wanted to put on a brave face for my family
and for my people. i wanted to cling to our pride and our
traditions, but i also realized we were facing opponents
who were clearly stronger and better equipped. maybe
someday it would be better for us to join together with
them than to fight them.
which of these storylines most closely matches the external conflict of the
passage?
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a. should i go along with the plan or point out the ethical dilemma? !
was afraid i was already too far in to back out.
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b. i had never been so afraid as when our captain abandoned us; no
one wanted to take charge to lead us to safety.
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c. it was time to put aside words and take up arms to show them
that we would not stand by passively and let them take our capital.
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d. maybe we can't stop them from building on our nature preserve,
but we can work together to make the construction
environmentally responsible.

Read this passage: there were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a few raisins and almonds; some cheese that gregor had declared inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with butter and salt. "am i less sensitive than i used to be, then? ", he thought, and was already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the newspaper. quickly one after another, his eyes watering with pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them because he couldn't stand the smell. kafka, the metamorphosis (david wyllie, trans.) what can you infer about gregor from this excerpt? a. he enjoys disturbing his family by making a lot of noise. b. he is upset at being locked in the room and tries to escape. c. he is becoming less human and more like a bug. d. he is depressed and is trying to hurt himself.

Agood persuasive essay topic cannot be a. a fact b. debatable c. something somebody else has already written about

What is the primary setting and action of book 13 of the odyssey? a. calypso capturing ulysses on ogygia b. telemachus traveling to sparta c. ulysses retuming to ithaca d. ulysses traveling in disguise to crete