Read the excerpt from "Jabberwocky,” by Lewis Carroll. He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

Based on the context clues of this excerpt, which words best replaces the nonsense words "vorpal” and "manxome?”

"dagger" and "villain"
"trusty" and "fearsome"
"boy" and "creature"
"wood" and "tree"

Pronunciation /”r\i: s@nt/ audio (us) adjective 1. having happened a short while ago. 2. up-to-date, not old-fashioned or dated. derived terms recently recent memory anagrams center, centre, centre, tenrec

Which statement best describes the development of ideas in "sonnet 91"? the quatrains build ideas off of one another, and the couplet conveys a new idea. the quatrains contradict one another, and the couplet resolves their disagreement. the couplet agrees with the idea in the first quatrain but contradicts the others. the couplet builds off of the idea of the third quatrain but contradicts the others.

Read the passage from “the beginnings of the maasai.” now enkai lives at the top of mount kenya, and we maasai still live below, herding cattle down in the plains. it’s not a bad life, especially when enkai is the black god, providing for us. and when the cattle or other children cause problems, i just warn them that they never know when i might suddenly develop my godly powers. the main purpose of the passage is to illustrate the relationship between the maasai and a. mount kenya. b. the children. c. the cattle. d. their god.