We talked for an hour and had apple pie and coffee, slowly. finally, we got up with carolyn taking my hand. slightly embarrassed, i tried to pull away but her grip held me. i let her have her way as she led me down the hallway with her mother right behind me. . carolyn waved again. i looked back, waving . . her people were like mexicans, only different.

which of the following statements best describes the irony in this excerpt?
the narrator is embarrassed about his own mexican identity even though there is no reason to be.
carolyn is exactly like a good mexican girl even though her family is japanese american.
after worrying about marrying a woman from a different culture, the narrator learns that her family is a lot like his own.
although the narrator has dreamed about marrying a mexican girl for most of his life, he finds a japanese american girl instead.

However, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. what would be the best way to revise this sentence for greater clarity? a) however, the fact that columbus left spain thousands of years after people settled what would become the united states never dawned on me. b) it never dawned on me, however, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain. c) however, the fact that people were already living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. d) however, the idea never dawned on me that long before columbus ever left spain, real-life people lived for thousands of years in what would become the united states.

Select the correct answer. which theme is evident in this excerpt from alfred lord tennyson’s narrative poem “the charge of the light brigade”? “forward, the light brigade! ” was there a man dismayed? not though the soldier knew someone had blundered. theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die. into the valley of death rode the six hundred. a. the folly of ambition and greed b. the inability of humans to face death c. the heroism of unquestioning sacrifice d. the futility of obedience

Cite evidence what moment might be called the climax, or highest point of tension, in act v? what is clear to the audience and to macbeth at this point?