Read the excerpt from betty friedan's the feminine mystique. but the actual unhappiness of the american housewife was suddenly being reported—from the new york times and newsweek to good housekeeping and cbs television ("the trapped housewife"), although almost everybody who talked about it found some superficial reason to dismiss it. which best describes the connotation of the word "superficial" in the excerpt? it has a positive connotation, because it suggests that the problem did not actually exist. it has a positive connotation, because it suggests that the problem was actually a minor one. it has a negative connotation, because it suggests that the reasons used to dismiss the problem were not meaningful. it has a negative connotation, because it suggests that the reasons used to explain the problem were not truthful.

Select the correct text in the passage. which two lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of romeo and juliet? friar laurence: so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not! romeo: amen, amen! but come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight: do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough i may but call her mine. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

In what ways do “the lamb” and “the tyger” represent opposite sides of human existence? a. “the lamb” urges passive control, while “the tyger” glorifies man’s dominance over nature. b. “the lamb” urges meek acceptance, while “the tyger” glorifies nature and power. c. “the lamb” urges childlike faith, while “the tyger” glorifies man’s experience.

On one of his many outings through the brobdingnagian countryside, gulliver walks on a small path through a field. during this walk on the small path, how does gulliver get dirty? a. the dwarf throws at gulliver, b. the queen of brobdingnagian steps on gulliver, c. gulliver gets caught in a rainstorm, and d. gulliver falls in cow dung.