14. This passage most strongly speaks to what line of social commentary made in the story?

The objectification and commodification of women in Egyptian society.
The value and prestige of foreign objects in the Egyptian household.
The contempt the lower class feels for the wealth of the business class.
The discomfort and artificiality of arranged marriages in Egypt.

15. The term “dowry” refers to what cultural practice?

the announcing of the marriage at a huge party funded by the groom.
a legal contract similar to a prenuptial agreement that secures the man’s funds.
the father presenting the bride with a cow or goat on the wedding day.
the gift or payment a bride’s family pays to the groom.

Read this excerpt from tim o’brien‘s “ambush” “i had already pulled the pin on a grenade. i had come to a crouch” which literary device is most clearly shown in this excerpt?

The outsiders how johnny got hurt. how does this affect his personality ?

Identify the trade regulation concept described in each scenario. protectionism free trade trade war country a and country b want to develop their respective export markets. both countries have highly developed agricultural, industrial, and service sectors. the countries decide to initially lower trade barriers and eventually remove them completely. arrowright country a has an agrarian economy with an emerging industrial sector. to allow domestic industries to grow, country a applies quotas on all industrial products except those that are used as resources. arrowright country a passes an economic policy that will indirectly give its own companies an advantage over country b’s companies. country b alleges that the policy violates the countries’ trade agreement and imposes retaliatory tariffs. arrowright