Read the passage, and answer the question that follows: Darien looked out his dad's office window. He saw the people scurrying about like a million ants, running to or from lunch or appointments. He saw the trees in the square, just beginning to turn green with tiny buds. He saw the children playing with their yellow bouncy balls. His eyes skimmed over all of the sights until they rested on a large American flag, hanging above the rubble of the fallen building.

Which object in the paragraph best symbolizes pride? (5 points)

The yellow bouncy balls
The fallen building
The large flag
The green trees

Arrange the events in ivan ilyich's life, which are described in chapters 1–4 of leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich, in chronological order. ivan ilyich becomes assistant public prosecutor, a position that he serves in for seven years. ivan ilyich meets zachar ivanovich in st. petersburg and receives a guaranteed appointment in the department of justice. ivan ilyich graduates from the school of law and qualifies for the tenth rank of the civil service. ivan ilyich becomes a public prosecutor and is transferred to another province. ivan ilyich is offered the post of examining magistrate in a russian province.

Which of these excerpts is most clearly an example of narrative poetry? a. “in xanadu did kubla khan/a stately pleasure dome decree…” b. “and all that’s best of dark and bright/meet in her aspect and her eyes…” c. “who can contemplate fame through clouds unfold/the star which rises…” d. “one shade the more, one ray the less/had half impaired the nameless grace…”

What are two falling actions in the short story cupid and psyche and how does it relate to the climax? the climax is when cupid finds psyche sleeping in the garden