Haley: would you get a move on? are you deaf? 1 kenneth: i’m going! would you just wait a second? haley: sorry, but i’m just anxious to meet francis. i think he gypped some of my tips from last night.2 kenneth: what? francis wouldn’t do that! he always splits the tips between the wait staff fairly. besides he’s catholic. he would never steal.3 haley: right, because you wouldn’t say anything at all to defend your best friend. kenneth: i wouldn’t! haley: you’re a guy, kenneth. all boys stick together. it’s a part of your code or something.4 kenneth: now you’re just being unreasonable. i guess you can’t it. you’re young after all.5 haley: you’re one month older than me! what type of biased language can be found in line 2? a. gender b. religion c. ethnicity d. race

The lines "original! we're all as like each other as those dolls cut out of the same folded paper. we're like patterns stencilled on a wall. can't you and i strike out for ourselves, may? " reflect which of the recurring themes of 20th and 21st century american literature?

Which two elements does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens contain? "a small matter," said the ghost, “to make these silly folks so full of gratitude." "small! " echoed scrooge. the spirit signed to him to listen to the two apprentices, who were pouring out their hearts in praise of fezziwig: and when he had done so, said, "why! is it not? he has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. is that so much that he deserves this praise? " "it isn’t that," said scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. "it isn't that, spirit. he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? the happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune." he felt the spirit's glance, and stopped. "what is the matter? " asked the ghost. "nothing particular," said scrooge. "something, i think? " the ghost insisted. "no," said scrooge, "no. i should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. that's all."

Who is ¨ the guilty party¨ at the end of the text, and how do his actions contribute to the storys theme?