Which of these inferences is best supported by the excerpt shown below? Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VIII's second daughter, came to the throne in 1558. Famous for her wit and eloquence, she knew Greek, Latin, and
several modern languages and loved music, dancing, and the theater. Her long reign of forty-five years was marked by religious conflicts, political
intrigue, and threats of war. She turned England into a great sea power capable of defeating the feared Spanish Armada. With a nimble
intelligence and strong personality, she also supported a flourishing period of cultural achievement. Elizabeth's court served as a forum for daring
displays of wit that the queen greatly admired-and in which she skillfully participated. Her favorites, privileged members of the court, exemplified
the qualities she most admired. Sir Walter Raleigh, for example, combined many occupations: soldier and sailor, explorer of Virginia and Guiana,
poet and scientist, possible spy. He began to write his History of the World while imprisoned in the Tower of London by Elizabeth's successor, her
cousin James I.
A Queen Elizabeth's proudest achievement was the defeat of the Spanish armada.
B. Queen Elizabeth had a long covert romance with Sir Walter Raleigh.
C. Queen Elizabeth's intellectual passion encouraged her subjects' pioneering in thought and expression.
O D. James I sought to eradicate all that his predecessor had done while on the throne.

Read the passage below and answer the question. marcus had a reputation for being craven. no one had ever seen him do a single brave thing. using context clues, how would you define the word craven in the passage? intense courageous cowardly thoughtful

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.

What is the author's purpose in both patrick henry's speech and thomas paines common sense