Refer to Passage 1 to answer this question. Which of the following is one consequence the author links to the presence of so many poor children in
Ireland?

Levels of service for elderly citizens decrease in the country.

There is a lower literacy rate in rural areas of the country,

Crime levels increase in the country.

There is a dangerously unstable political climate in the country.

Which techniques best describe the tone the author is using in this passage?

Read the excerpt from the land. of my brothers, i was closest with robert. i suppose, in part, being the same year's children made us close, but there were other things too. we had been together practically since birth, and we always took care of each other. when i got into trouble, robert was there to pull me out of it if he could, or at least to see me through it, and i did the same for him. the passage provides evidence of why paul and robert have physical conflicts. paul and robert avoid social conflicts. paul is the least influenced by robert. paul is motivated to ask robert for .

In “the bet” by anton p. chekhov, what motivates the lawyer to participate in the bet?