Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
We were all ranked together at the valuation. Men and
women, old and young, married and single, were ranked
with horses, sheep, and swine. There were horses and
men, cattle and women, pigs and children, all holding the
same rank in the scale of being, and were all subjected
to the same narrow examination. Silvery-headed age
and sprightly youth, maids and matrons, had to undergo
the same indelicate inspection.
Which answer choice best states Douglass's purpose in
this excerpt?
O to demand payment from slaveholders for their
crimes
O to show how children were treated better than elderly
people
O to compare his experience with that of other enslaved
persons
O to describe how people were degraded and treated
inhumanely

Read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll’s house. mrs. linde: you seemed to me to imply that with me you might have been quite another man. krogstad: i am certain of it. mrs. linde: is it too late now? krogstad: christine, are you saying this deliberately? yes, i am sure you are. i see it in your face. have you really the courage, then—? mrs. linde: i want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother. we two need each other. nils, i have faith in your real character—i can dare anything together with you. krogstad [grasps her hands]. , , christine! now i shall find a way to clear myself in the eyes of the world. ah, but i forgot— how does the conflict in this passage develop a theme? mrs. linde creates a conflict by promising something she cannot give to krogstad, which develops the theme that empty promises can destroy relationships. krogstad continues the conflict by choosing clearing his name over having a life with mrs. linde, which develops the theme that you must often choose yourself over others. krogstad creates a conflict by deceiving mrs. linde about his intentions, which develops the theme that, in love, actions speak louder than words. mrs. linde resolves the conflict by committing to a new life with krogstad, which develops the theme that new beginnings are always possible.

In researching his history report about the civil war, why is ariq most likely to use secondary data than primary data?

How is dr. lanyon characterized in the excerpt? as friendly as arrogant as wise as mournful