Read the following excerpt from an article by a literary critic. Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar during a time of great
political upheaval. Indeed, the queen who reigned when he
crafted the play, Elizabeth I, was the daughter of a queen
whose life ended, like that of so many political figures from
the English Reformation, on the execution block.
In Julius Caesar, the character Cassius asks, after the
assassination of Caesar, "How many ages hence / Shall
this our lofty scene be acted over / In states unborn and
accents yet unknown!" He is clearly anticipating
Shakespeare's own time.
Which statement most accurately describes the inference the author is
making and the historical context on which the inference is based?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness. which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds. the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure. the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree. the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.