Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. CHARLIE (CONT’D)

He comes walkin' out of the darkness—how am I supposed to

know who he was?

(he grabs Steve)

Steve—you know why I shot! How was I supposed to know he wasn't a monster or something?

(he grabs Don now)

We're all scared of the same thing. I was just tryin' to . . . tryin' to protect my home, that's all! Look, all of you, that's all I was tryin' to do.

(he looks down wildly at the body)

I didn't know it was somebody we knew! I didn't know—

Which statement best reflects the theme expressed in this excerpt?

Fear, combined with crowd mentality, leads people to make poor decisions.
People should not be blamed for decisions they make in the heat of the moment.
A crowd is always more powerful in intense situations than a single person.
A group of people is responsible for the actions of each of its members.

In hard times by charles dickens, mr. gradgrind’s name can be interpreted in several ways. the selection supports all of the following interpretations except he grinds out graduates who are similar to each other as if he were running a factory he grinds the importance of facts into students’ heads he grinds down children by crushing their imaginations he grinds his teeth together, suggesting his intolerance for fantasy

Read the exercept from robert stawell ball great astronmers, based on the context of the exerpct what does the word protacted most clearly means? a. seeming to be truthful b. weighing an excessive amount c. extending in a specific decision d. continuing for a long time e. being exceptional and talented

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following is true about the above excerpt? ethos is used in reference to “dangers and ghosts.” logos is used in saying all men forget and want to forget, because the talmud also praised forgetting. ethos is used in referring to the ancients, the talmud, and god. pathos is used without loaded language.