Excerpt adapted from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde Stage Set: The octagon room at Sir Robert Chiltern's house in Grosvenor Square, a large garden square in London. [The room is brilliantly lighted and full of guests, and at the top of the staircase stands Lady Chiltern, a woman of about twenty-seven years of age, who receives the guests as they come up. Over the well of the staircase hangs a great chandelier with wax lights, which illuminate a large eighteenth-century French tapestry—representing the Triumph of Love, from a design by Boucher—that is stretched on the staircase wall. On the right is the entrance to the music room. The sound of a string quartet is faintly heard. The entrance on the left leads to other reception rooms. Mrs. Marchmont and Lady Basildon are seated together on a King Louis the Sixteenth sofa.] MRS. MARCHMONT: Going on to the Hartlocks' tonight, Margaret? LADY BASILDON: I suppose so. Are you? MRS. MARCHMONT: Yes. Horribly banal parties they give, don't they? LADY BASILDON: Horribly banal! Never know why I go. Never know why I go anywhere. They're all so tedious. MRS. MARCHMONT: I come here to be educated. LADY BASILDON: Ah! I hate being educated! MRS. MARCHMONT: So do I. It puts one almost on a level with the commercial classes, doesn't it? But dear Gertrude Chiltern is always telling me that I should have some serious purpose in life. So I come here to try to find one. LADY BASILDON: [Looking round through her spectacles.] I don't see anybody here tonight whom one could possibly call a serious purpose. The man whom I sat next to at dinner talked to me about his wife the whole time. MRS. MARCHMONT: How very trivial of him! LADY BASILDON: Terribly trivial! What did the man next to you talk about? MRS. MARCHMONT: About myself. LADY BASILDON: [Languidly.] And were you interested? MRS. MARCHMONT: [Shaking her head.] Not in the smallest degree. LADY BASILDON: What martyrs we are, dear Margaret! MRS. MARCHMONT: [Rising.] And how well it becomes us, Olivia! 5 Select the correct answer. Based on the stage directions at the beginning of the passage, what inference can be made about the social standing of these characters?
A. They are part of the educated professional class.
B. They belong to the entrepreneurial, corporate elite.
C. They belong to the wealthy, established elite.
D. They are part of the governmental ruling class.

Which sentence contains correct capitalization? in “the rime of the ancient mariner,” the albatross was initially an omen of good luck. in “the rime of the ancient mariner,” the albatross was initially an omen of good luck.

Acredible source is one that is (4 points) select one: a. with bias b. not useful c. persuasive d. trustworthy

Read the passage. excerpt from "why equal pay is worth fighting for" by senator elizabeth warren, april 17, 2014 i honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in 2014. when i started teaching elementary school after college, the public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay scales: one for men and one for women. women have made incredible strides since then. but 40 years later, we're still debating equal pay for equal work. women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation. bloomberg analyzed census data and found that median earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of 265 major occupation categories. in 99.6 percent of occupations, men get paid more than women. that's not an accident; that's discrimination. the effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans. pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women. . for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by, and many families depend as much on mom's salary as they do on dad's, if not more. women are the main breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much harder for these families to stay afloat. women are ready to fight back against pay discrimination, but it's not easy. today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes. here in the senate, sen. barbara mikulski (d-md.) introduced the paycheck fairness act to give women the tools to combat wage discrimination. it would ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women. senator warren states that the effects of pay discrimination are long-lasting. is this a valid argument supported by accurate evidence? no; warren weakens her point by claiming that the paycheck fairness act would "give women the tools to combat wage discrimination." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women." no; warren weakens her point by noting, "today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes."