1. what happens to the characters dade and julian at the end of their respective stories? how are their situations similar?

2. in his final lecture to his mother, julian says: “you needn’t act as if the world had come to an end…because it hasn’t. from now on you’ve got to live in a new world and face a few realities for a change.” this statement is ironic because it applies to julian more than to his mother. how does this quotation apply to julian at the end of the story?

3. all of the selections in this unit address the concept of self-knowledge in some way. pick two of the selections and explain how they explore the ways in which characters either develop self-knowledge or their knowledge of themselves changes.

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.”]