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Read this passage from “Just Ask Him,” looking for reasons that are used to support the author’s claim about gender roles in dating.

Such strict adherence to gender roles in the dating arena can create even more stress in the potential relationship: the woman feels compelled to keep her feelings to herself, hoping that her would-be suitor will eventually indicate interest in her, while the man wishes he had the courage to ask her out, and would happily say yes if she were to ask him instead.

What reason does the author give here to support the essay’s claim?

Strict rules about gender roles in dating create unnecessary stress for both men and women.

Women naturally feel compelled to keep quiet until the man expresses his feelings.

Asking for a date is a stressful situation for both men and women.

Men should get over their needless feelings of timidity and ask women on dates.

What does the word subordinate mean in this sentence? the office manager spoke to her subordinate in a cordial tone.

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." again rainsford lifted the heavy knocker, and let it fall. the door opened then, opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring, and rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light that poured out. the first thing rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man rainsford had ever seen—a gigantic creature, solidly made and black bearded to the waist. in his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at rainsford's heart. the details of this excerpt show that rainsford sees ivan as a(n) individual.

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.