1. PART A: Which of the following best summarizes a theme in the story?
A. Love, especially when it is immoral, cannot overcome true evil.
B. Everyone has the capacity for evil, but it takes strength to forgive rather than
take revenge.
C. Revenge is justified when a person is betrayed by someone they trusted.
D. Industrial progress degrades one’s humanity and respect for life.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of the metamorphosis hard to read?

Which of the following is an example of a periodical?