What is the author’s purpose? to persuade readers to consider babysitting to entertain readers with an anecdote about babysitting to inform readers of ways to entertain children to persuade readers of the benefits of part-time work.

Which development most aided explorers in their ability to set sail the oceans to discover the new world during the age discovery? a. waterproof sails b. the printing press c. map-making devices d. fictional travel accounts

Read the passage. when i consider how my light is spent ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, and that one talent which is death to hide, lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent to serve therewith my maker, and present my true account, lest he returning chide; “doth god exact day labor, light denied? ” in line 7 of sonnet xix by john milton, the speaker asks, “doth god exact day labor, light denied? ” what does his question mean? why must god make us suffer to work? what shall one charge god to work in the dark? how does god expect him to work when he is blind? is god trying me?

2. helmer. “you are an odd little soul. very like your father. you always find some new way of wheedling money out of me, and, as soon as you have got it, it seems to melt in your hands. you never know where it has gone. still, one must take you as you are. it is in the blood; for indeed it is true that you can inherit these things, nora.” what “things” can you inherit? what has nora inherited from her father?