Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 1, of the tragedy of julius caesar and the background information on the allusion it contains. excerpt: [flavius.] see whether their basest mettle be not moved. they vanish tongue-tied in their guiltiness. go you down that way towards the capitol; this way will i. disrobe the images if you do find them decked with ceremonies. marullus. may we do so? you know it is the feast of lupercal. flavius. it is no matter; let no images be hung with caesar’s trophies. i’ll about, and drive away the vulgar from the streets: so do you too, where you perceive them thick. these growing feathers plucked from caesar’s wing will make him fly an ordinary pitch, who else would soar above the view of men, and keep us all in servile fearfulness. background information: in rome, february 15 was lupercalia, an annual festival celebrating the myth of the she-wolf that saved the lives of the infant twins romulus and remus. according to legend, the two boys became the founders of rome. the festival is also said to have celebrated the god who protected flocks from hungry wolves. which statement best explains the meaning added by the allusion in this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”