Which of the choices below best represent an example of the
socioeconomic status of the narrator for these short excerpts from
Sherman Alexie's "Superman and Me"?
Select one:
o a. I learned to read with a Superman comic book. Simple enough, 1
suppose. I cannot recall which particular Superman comic book
read, nor can I remember which villain he fought in that issue. I
cannot remember the plot, nor the means by which I obtained the
comic book.
o b. We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear, and
government surplus food
O C. A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed
by Indians and non-Indians alike
o d. I can remember picking up my father's books before I could read

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.