2 Points
What tone does the author create by referring to himself as "a butterfly
chaser, googly eyed bleeding heart, and wild conservative"?
One should admit at the outset to a certain bias. Indeed I
am a "butterfly chaser, googly eyed bleeding heart and wild
conservative." I take a dim view of dams; I find it hard to
learn to love cement; I am poorly impressed by concrete
aggregates and statistics in the cubic tons. But in this
weakness I am not alone, for I belong to that ever-growing
number of Americans, probably a good majority now, who
have become aware that a fully industrialized, thoroughly
urbanized, elegantly computerized social system is not
suitable for human habitation. Great for machines, yes. But
unfit for people.

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]