Really important in a recent political ad, senator bob smith stated, "my opponent, joe lye, is more interested in playing golf with special interest groups than voting on the issues. in fact, he was only present on 12 of 120 days during the last legislative session. let's work together to eliminate this kind of waste from our government." which of the following is it most important for voters to do in evaluating these statements? a. check the facts about smith's claims that lye was absent. b. eliminate lye from consideration during the election. c. look for evidence of lye playing golf with special interest groups. d. review smith's own attendance during the legislative session.

“in december 598 [b. c.] nebuchadnezzar left babylon once more to campaign in the west. he besieged jerusalem, which had rebelled three years earlier, and on 16 march 597 it fell. king jehoiachin and many of his subjects were deported to babylon and zedekiah was installed as king of judah in his place. after some years zedekiah too rebelled. the babylonians began a siege of jerusalem which lasted for more than a year. the walls were finally breached in the summer of 587 . . and the city surrendered about a month later. much of jerusalem may have been destroyed at this time and more jews were deported.” —michael roaf, cultural atlas of mesopotamia and the ancient near east what can you conclude about the jews from this passage? a. they admired nebuchadnezzar. b. they did not try to defend their city. c. they were stronger than the babylonians. d. they wanted to be independent. select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d mark this and return