Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. CHARLIE (CONT’D)

He comes walkin' out of the darkness—how am I supposed to

know who he was?

(he grabs Steve)

Steve—you know why I shot! How was I supposed to know he wasn't a monster or something?

(he grabs Don now)

We're all scared of the same thing. I was just tryin' to . . . tryin' to protect my home, that's all! Look, all of you, that's all I was tryin' to do.

(he looks down wildly at the body)

I didn't know it was somebody we knew! I didn't know—

Which statement best reflects the theme expressed in this excerpt?

Fear, combined with crowd mentality, leads people to make poor decisions.
People should not be blamed for decisions they make in the heat of the moment.
A crowd is always more powerful in intense situations than a single person.
A group of people is responsible for the actions of each of its members.

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.

What is the italicized part in the sentence , all of the operators are efficient.

Which is the best example of stream of consciousness writing? o a. 1. separate all the individual pieces of the cabinet. 2. using the wooden tabs, join all four l brackets until they form a square frame. 3. situate the frame vertically o b. i have to get out of bed, but it would if i had some reason, like a hot breakfast already waiting for me. come to think of it, cold cereal sounds pretty good right now. o c. while some have accused me of madness, i ask you, is it mad to want what is best for one's country? the welfare of the country is my sole motivation o d. sir bors halted at the edge of the cave and peered in. he hoped for some glimpse of his enemy to him gauge the monster's movements.