Which of the following descriptions is NOT an example of irony in the story? a) The woman “who knew everything about life and death” but who knew nothing about the “angel” or his powers.

b) The priest, a man considered knowledgeable about spiritual matters, who tests the old man’s angelhood by speaking to him in Latin.

c) The old man who was physically weak but capable of performing numerous miracles.

d) The villagers who consider themselves religious but are easily taken in by a carnival huckster who claimed to have been transformed into a spider for having disobeyed her parents

Why didn’t the united states participate in the league of nations? the u. s. senate did not want the country to join. president wilson did not want the country to join. the league of nations was only for european countries. the league of nations had failed to prevent world war 1

10. how were the mycenaeans and the minoans similar? they did not enslave anyone or tolerate slavery in any form. they had an organized and strong central government. they designed and built heavily fortified settlements. they reigned and traded in and around the aegean sea.

“[the city’s engineers excelled in areas] neglected by the greeks, such as the construction of roads and aqueducts, and of sewers that could wash the filth of the city into the tiber. they have built paved roads throughout the country, leveling ridges and filling up hollows, so as to make possible the movements of heavily loaded wagons. . and such is the quantity of water brought in by the aqueducts, that veritable rivers flow through the city and its sewers: almost every house has cisterns, waterpipes, and copious fountains.” —strabo, as quoted in empires ascendant: time frame 400 b. c.–a. d. 200 cisterns are tanks that hold water until it is needed; if a house has a cistern, it is likely to also have a. aqueducts. c. a swimming pool. b. a fish pond. d. sinks and faucets.