Read the passage: quinn looked again at the letter in her hands. it announced that she had been awarded a full scholarship to dahlman university. she was thrilled, but then she remembered that dahlman was located across the country, far away from her small town, her family, her friends, and her boyfriend kyle. she sighed and put down the letter. this was all she had ever wanted — a chance to study at one of the most prestigious universities in the country. but now it seemed like the price might be too high. which statement best describes the conflict in the passage? a. quinn is unsure whether to accept the scholarship because she doesn't think the university is good enough. b. quinn is unsure whether to accept the scholarship because she would have to leave her family and friends behind. c. quinn is unsure whether to accept the scholarship because her boyfriend might be mad at her. d. quinn is unsure whether to accept the scholarship because her tuition might be too expensive.

B. Quinn is unsure whether to accept the scholarship because she would have to leave her family and friends behind.

Explanation: In the given excerpt we can see that Quinn has received a letter that says that she was accepted in an University she wanted to go to, it says that this University is one of the most prestigious in the country, and she has been awarded with a full scholarship, but she is unsure whether to accept the offer because she doesn't want to leave her family, friends and boyfriend behind.

the choice that is not a technique that you should use to come up with ideas for the topic of a research project is, writing about academic subjects that are not interesting to you. this does not belong to the techniques to come up with ideas because having no interest in a certain topic will lose your drive to come up with better ideas. it gives no room for improvement and acquiring of new ideas and information. 

explanation:

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.