When the first shot of the Civil War was fired at four thirty in the morning on April 12, 1861, many believed that it would be a short conflict. Even though Fort Sumter had to endure thirty-four hours of Confederate bombardment before the Union surrendered it, the Union enjoyed a number of significant advantages over the Confederacy. Yet, by the time Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than American battle deaths in all other wars from the Revolution through the Vietnam War. How does this paragraph from The Dark Game best support the central idea that the Civil War was a long war?

a
It shares the detail that the war lasted four years.
b
It gives an example of a battle that lasted almost two days.
c
It states what people believed about the war at the time.
d
It tells how many soldiers actually died in the war.

Which aspect of mary shelley's frankenstein most clearly indicates that romanticism influenced the story? a. frankenstein compares his home life of nature, books, and love to his madness. b. natural philosophy is what drives frankenstein's fate and future. c. frankenstein finds relief from his torment in natural settings. d. frankenstein is undisturbed by reality as he seeks to discover the secret of life.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

When a mother loses her child, she's — highly agitated from strong emotion. a scene is if there's lots of action with little order.