Read the excerpt from betty friedan’s the feminine mystique. i heard echoes of the problem in college dormitories and semiprivate maternity wards, at pta meetings and luncheons of the league of women voters, at suburban cocktail parties, in station wagons waiting for trains, and in snatches of conversation overheard at schrafft’s. the groping words i heard from other women, on quiet afternoons when children were at school or on quiet evenings when husbands worked late, i think i understood first as a woman long before i understood their larger social and psychological implications. based on the underlined words and phrases, what is friedan most likely trying to express?

Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?

Which two lines in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich together use symbolism to indicate that death is approaching?

Read the passage below and answer the question. jake was incredibly loquacious. he once gave a twenty minute monologue about his favorite movie. in the passage above, the context clue used to find the definition of loquacious is an example of an antonym an example a synonym the tone of the whole phrase