7. read the passage. el dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is celebrated in mexico with offerings of flowers, pottery, food, and toys. in the far east, festivals to remember those who have died include family reunions and ceremonial meals at ancestral tombs. in the united states, national holidays such as veterans’ day and president’s day continue the age-old custom of honoring national heroes. important festivals such as these have long been observed among a wide variety of cultural groups. which best expresses the main idea? a. festivals honoring the dead exist in many different cultures. b. humanity’s fascination with death is expressed in a variety of ways. c. mexico has many festivals each year. d. some american holidays honor national heroes.

Select the contred text in the passage which sentence in this excerpt from john galsworthy's narrative essay "gone" reflects his view that there is no afterlife? an old woman and mrs. herd's sister were in the sitting-room, they showed us to the crazy, narrow stairway. though we lived distant but four hundred yards of a crows flight, we had never seen mrs. herd before, for that is the way of things in this land of minding one's own business a slight dark girlish-looking woman, almost quite refined away, and with those eyes of the dying, where the spirit is coming through, as it only does when it knows that al is over except just the passing. she lay in a double bed with clean white sheets. a white-washed room, so low that the ceiling almost touched our heads, some flowers in a bow, the small lattice window open. though it was hot in there, it was better far than the rooms of most families in towns, living on a wage of twice as much, for here was no sign of defeat in decency or cleanliness. in her face, as in poor herd's, was that same strange minging of resigned despair and almost eager appeal, so terrible to disappoint. yet, trying not to disappoint it, one felt guilty of treachery: what was the good, the kindness in making this poor bird flutter still with hope against the bars, when fast prison had so surely closed in round her? but what else could we do? we could not give her those glib assurances that naive souls make so easily to others concerning their after state. and the night was so beautiful, so utterly glamourously beautiful, with its star-flowers, and its silence and its trees clothed in moonlight. all was tranquil as a dream of sleep. but it was long before our hearts wandering with poor herd, would let us remember that she had slipped away into so beautiful a dream

Roger is really good at baseball. he would make a great class president. which type of logical fallacy is this an example of? a. bandwagon b. non sequitur c. ad hominem d. slippery slope

The following question is based on your reading of 1984 by george orwell. how does winston demonstrate his “sanity” after being released from mini luv? a. by resuming his work at mini true c. by pledging allegiance to o’brien b. by apologizing to julia for betraying her d. by expressing his love for big brother