Read the passage. then answer the question that follows.
portia. i prithee, boy, run to the senate house;
stay not to answer me, but get thee gone.—
why dost thou stay?
lucius. to know my errand, madam.
portia. i would have had thee there and here again
ere i can tell thee what thou shouldst do there.
[aside] o constancy, be strong upon my side;
set a huge mountain ‘tween my heart and tongue.
i have a man’s mind, but a woman’s might.
–the tragedy of julius caesar,
william shakespeare
what does the image of "a huge mountain ‘tween my heart and tongue” suggest about the meaning of this passage?
portia does not want lucius to find out that she is in love.
portia fears her own thoughts and wishes they would stop.
portia is not sure if lucius can be trusted with the errand.
portia does not want to say what she is feeling.

Read the paragraph. theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reform. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the wealthy and powerful corporations and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities. which sentence is the thesis of this paragraph? theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reforms. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the people and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities.