Read this sentenece from paragraph 3. The loud throb of their alien-sounding, high-pitched screeches fills the air.

What does the author's word choice suggest about the sound that cicadas make?

Select the sentence that is correctly written. a) raise from your chair and raise a glass to celebrate the new year. b) rise from your chair and rise a glass to celebrate the new year. c) raise from your chair and rise a glass to celebrate the new year. d) rise from your chair and raise a glass to celebrate the new year. eliminate

Read the quote from zimmermann in the code book. a future government could inherit a technology infrastructure that's optimized for surveillance, where they can watch the movements of their political opposition, every financial transaction, every communication, every bit of e-mail, every phone call. everything could be filtered and scanned and automatically recognized by voice recognition technology and transcribed. it's time for cryptography to step out of the shadows of spies and the military, and step into the sunshine and be embraced by the rest of us. which question does this paragraph answer? why does zimmermann think encryption is important? what kind of encryption did zimmermann invent? how does zimmermann’s encryption work? who made encryption based on zimmermann’s work?

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.