Which of these sentences is correctly written and punctuated?

1.)keeping his active mind challenging roosevelt improved his stamp collection, and read books on american history, politics, and biography.

2.to keep his active mind challenging, roosevelt improved his stamp collection, reading books on american history politics and biography.

3)keeping his active mind challenged roosevelt improved his stamp collection reading books on american history, politics, and biography.

4)to keep his active mind challenged, roosevelt improved his stamp collection and read books on american history, politics, and biography.

The author attributes papa's unforgivable behavior to which of the following? a. the painful memories connected with his 9-month ordeal in south dakota b. papa's increasing addiction to alcohol c. papa's unfulfilled need to be in charge of something and/or someone d. mama's emotional distance from papa

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.