Which sentence from the excerpt best reveals the context of
the excerpt?
Once these disparate parts were held together by a
common enemy, by the fault lines of world wars and the
electrified fence of communism.
With the end of the cold war there was the creeping
concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust, a
sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left
side of the hyphen-African-American, Mexican-
American, Irish-American would overwhelm the right.
And slow-growing domestic traumas like economic
unrest and increasing crime seemed more likely to
emphasize division than community.
Today the citizens of the United States have come
together once more because of armed conflict and enemy
attack.

Which of the following words best describes gregors life as expressed in this passage a.) excitingb.)surprisingc.)satisfying d.)demanding

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

What word or words suggest they have a monotonous marriage? in the lamb to the slaughter