What does the word assailed mean in the following lines

and never yet has come the cry
when the fair flag had been assailed
for men to do, for men to die,
that we have faltered or have failed

a. to construct
b. to group together
c. to wreck vengeance upon
d. to attack

What form would best be classified as postmodern

The rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas? a) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. b) permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." c) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden; " and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. d) because of the rich natural resources which made the sacramento valley a ‘garden of eden,’ native americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.

What steps best a reader determine the central idea of a text? select three options.