Read the passage from “i know why the caged bird sings.”

mrs. flowers didn't belong to our church, nor was she momma's familiar. why on earth did she insist on calling her sister flowers? shame made me want to hide my face. mrs. flowers deserved better than to be called sister. then, momma left out the verb. why not ask, "how are you, mrs. flowers? " with the unbalanced passion of the young, i hated her for showing her ignorance to mrs. flowers. it didn't occur to me for many years that they were as alike as sisters, separated only by formal education.

which line from the passage shows maya angelou’s adult viewpoint?

mrs. flowers didn't belong to our church, nor was she momma's familiar.
mrs. flowers deserved better than to be called sister.
with the unbalanced passion of the young, i hated her for showing her ignorance to mrs. flowers.
it didn't occur to me for many years that they were as alike as sisters, separated only by formal education.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.

the simple predicate of the sentence is camped.