PART B: Which TWO sections form the text best support the answer to Part A? “These attacks on Western ideas serve a double purpose. First, they promote the Russian thesis that Western culture and achievements are inferior to those of the Soviet Union.” (Paragraph 7) “Zhebrak in espousing Mendel’s theory of heredity and Morgan’s theory of the gene sinned not only because he advocated Western doctrines but also because he did not accept the contrary opinions of the Russian scientist, Michurin.” (Paragraph 12) “The Academy of Agriculture quickly showed it had grasped this lesson when, in promising to purge itself of Mendelian theories” (Paragraph 17) “During the great purges of the Thirties Russian leaders of thought were so shaken by denunciation, criticism, discharge, exile and execution that Stalin finally came to the rescue, admonishing his colleagues publicly that an intellectual was not bad” (Paragraph 24) “Who wants his name bandied in Pravda’s editorials or made the subject of resolutions by the party central committee?” (Paragraph 29) “For the West there is substantial encouragement to be drawn from the fact that after thirty years of Marxian indoctrination and party propaganda the Kremlin still finds it necessary to launch a ‘thought purge’” (Paragraph 35)

What are two themes in ted chiang’s “exhalation”?

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban. i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets. how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction. it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values. it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba. it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.

In act v of a midsummer night's dream, quince presents the prologue for “pyramus and thisbe.” when he finishes, hippolyta comments: indeed he hath played on his prologue like a child on a recorder—a sound, but not in government. which tone does the simile “played on his prologue like a child on a recorder” create? it creates a sad, wistful tone by comparing quince’s performance to a beautiful tune. it creates a surprised tone by comparing quince’s performance to an eloquent speech by a government official. it creates a relaxed tone by comparing quince’s performance to lovely recorder music. it creates a humorous tone by comparing quince’s performance to a child playing an instrument badly.