Read this excerpt from the point of view of Addie Bundren's son Jewel in As I Lay
Dying
And now them others sitting there, like buzzards. Waiting,
fanning themselves. Because I said If you wouldn't keep on
sawing and nailing at it until a man cant sleep even and her
hands laying on the quilt like two of them roots dug up and tried
to wash and you couldn't get them clean. I can see the fan and
Dewey Dell's arm. I said if you'd just let her alone.
Which statement best explains how Faulkner uses a Modernist technique in this
passage?
O
A. He captures the frustrated, disjointed way Jewel is thinking and feeling.
O
B. He omits large portions of the narrative to force readers to draw their
own conclusions.
C. He creates a character who is angry and impatient and who talks to
himself
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D. He uses inconsistent punctuation to show that Jewel is mentally
unstable.

What is darrow’s main argument and the claims he makes in this excerpt? a. darrow argues that even if the boys are horrible monsters, their deaths will not solve the problems of society; he claims that society wants the boys to be executed because people enjoy watching public executions. b. he argues that the people who should be held responsible for the crime are leopold’s and loeb’s parents since they neglected their sons; he claims that leopold and loeb were jealous of the boy they killed because he had expensive belongings they could not afford. c. darrow argues that the boys should not face the death penalty; he claims they both suffer from mental illnesses that make them unable to tell the difference between a dream and reality. d. he argues that leopold and loeb, particularly dickie loeb, should not be executed; he claims they were teenagers who didn’t have proper adult guidance, so they are not responsible for what they did.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Ron and nick chose to start their own businesses. ron wanted to start an ice cream shop, and nick wanted to launch a television manufacturing company. ron and nick had equal amounts of funds on hand and no government regulations restricting them. months later, however, ron has already set up his business, while nick is still struggling to raise additional funds to build a factory. what was the main factor that affected nick’s business? a. an irrelevant business idea b. low demand for tvs in his country c. high start-up costs d. lack of labor economics