Which statement from the passage displays the impact of the setting upon the characters?
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A) The day was ending in a serenity of still and exquisite brilliance.
B) Between us there was, as I have already said somewhere, the bond of the sea.
C) We four affectionately watched his back as he stood in the bows looking to seaward.
D) The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.
3)
In paragraph four, the relationship between the men on board the Nellie can best be described as
A) aloof
B) antagonistic
C) bored
D) comradely
4)
From this passage, the reader can infer that
A) the men know each other.
B) the men don't know each other.
C) the other men dislike the narrator.
D) the narrator dislikes the other men.
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The photo provides a visual image of which descriptive paragraph?
A) paragraph 1
B) paragraph 2
C) paragraph 3
Eliminate
D) paragraph 4

Read this passage from geoffrey lean’s “one poor harvest away from chaos”: on wednesday, the food and agriculture organisation (fao) reported that global food prices has hit a record high and were likely to go on rising. . that is bad enough for britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the vat increase. but for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 percent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic. why is the passage an example of deductive reasoning? a. the author is appealing to the feelings and emotions of the audience b. the author starts with specifics, using them to probe a general point. c. the author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information d. the author is showing that he biased against poor people

Select the correct text in the passage. which sentence in this excerpt from abraham lincoln's second inaugural address conveys that he wanted the us civil war to end as soon as possible? neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. both read the same bible and pray to the same god, and each invokes his aid against the other. it may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just inging their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. the prayers of both could not be answered. that of neither has been answered fully. the almighty has his own purposes. "woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh" if we shall suppose that american slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of god, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both north and south this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living god always ascribe to him? fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. yet, if god wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the lord are true and righteous altogether." reset next

In 2–3 complete sentences, thoroughly explain the protagonist's main motivation or goal in "the rules of the game"? what does the protagonist want? provide at least two specific details from the text to support your analysis of the protagonist's motivation or goal.