Benvolio: I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire: The day is hot, the Capulets abroad,
And, if we meet, we shall not 'scape a brawl;
For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.

—Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare

What does this excerpt foreshadow?

Benvolio and Mercutio will get sick from the heat.
Benvolio and Mercutio will be jealous of the Capulets’ travels.
Benvolio and Mercutio will stop working soon.
Benvolio and Mercutio will fight the Capulets.

What did mark twain contribute to the history of the novel? select all that apply.

In the story “ one thousand dollars,” robert gillian forfeits a 50,000 inheritance. what is the theme expressed by the author in this story ?

Which excerpt from the war of the worldseffectively reveals how the author relates the climax of the narrative through the narrator's thoughts? the war of the worldsall this had happened with such swiftness that i had stood motionless, dumbfounded and dazzled by the flashes of light. had that death swept through a full circle, it must inevitably have slain me in my surprise. but it passed and spared me, and left the night about me suddenly dark and unfamiliar. and then, with a renewed horror, i saw a round, black object bobbing up and down on the edge of the pit. it was the head of the shopman who had fallen in, but showing as a little black object against the hot western sun. at that time it was quite clear in my own mind that the thing had come from the planet mars, but i judged it improbable that it contained any living creature. i thought the unscrewing might be automatic. my mind ran fancifully on the possibilities of its containing manuscript, on the difficulties in translation that might arise, whether we should find coins and models in it, and so forth. yet it was a little too large for assurance on this idea. i felt an impatience to see it opened.