Read the lines from the passage and answer the question that follows.
the disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them. above all was the sense of hearing acute.
which of the following statements contradicts this claim made by the narrator?
a. he heard things that were not real.
b. he considered his disease to be nervousness.
c. what the narrator thought was acute hearing was really insanity.
d. the narrator's sense of hearing was good, but he lacked all compassion.

Read the passage from chapter 17 of the prince. and of all princes, it is impossible for the new prince to avoid the imputation of cruelty, owing to new states being full of dangers. hence virgil, through the mouth of dido, excuses the inhumanity of her reign owing to its being new, saying: "res dura, et regni novitas me talia cogunt moliri, et late fines custode tueri."(*) nevertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable. . against my will, my fate a throne unsettled, and an infant state, bid me defend my realms with all my pow'rs, and guard with these severities my shores. which statement best evaluates machiavelli’s argument? machiavelli ineffectively argues that new princes should do everything in their power to guard their kingdoms. machiavelli effectively argues that new princes must be cruel and cautious in order to protect their new kingdoms. machiavelli effectively argues that new princes should not be cruel and should proceed carefully in their new kingdoms. machiavelli ineffectively argues that new princes should not show fear, but should be self-confident and intolerable.

Read the following lines from “do not go gentle into that good night.” wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight the meter, if any, from this line is

Which of these number is the main idea?me .