The carvers wanted the sight of that golden light washing across the horse and a line of other gods to be unforgettable. By making their work so perfect, the sculptors expressed their devotion to the goddess Athena, to whom the Parthenon was dedicated. —A Short Walk Around the Pyramids and Through the World of Art Philip M. Isaacso What new idea can you form based on the ideas of these two excerpts from the text? The carvers were paid a lot of money. Athena was an important goddess to the ancient Greeks. The Parthenon took a long time to build. The horse and the line of other gods are the most perfect sculptures in the world.

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Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile