Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Sweet and gentle ladies, this day has been devoted, so far as I can see, to the doings of kings and sultans and people of that sort; and therefore, so as not to place too great a distance between us, I want to tell you of a marquis, whose actions, even though things turned out well for him in the end, were remarkable not so much for their munificence as for their senseless brutality. (p. 784)

Which option identifies the context clue that would be most helpful in determining the meaning of the underlined word?

a) ...even though things turned out well for him in the end...
b) ...to the doings of kings and sultans and people of that sort;
c) ...not to place too great a distance between us...
d) ...remarkable not so much for... as for their senseless brutality...

Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell. by this morning’s post i have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in germany. the author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. i open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that i see: "[the allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified europe.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.

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Before odysseus talks about the lotus-eaters and the cyclops, what other events does he refer to? a. the advances of suitors that his wife penelope must fend off b. the attack by poseidon on his ship c. the attack and raid on the land of the cicones d. the nights he spent inside the trojan horse