Read the poem below and answer the question.

that time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. in me thou sees the twilight of such day as after sunset fadeth in the west; which by and by black night doth take away, death's second self that seals up all in rest. in me thou seest the glowing of such fire that on the ashes of his youth doth lie, as the deathbed whereon it must expire, consumed with that which it was nourished by. this thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, to love that well, which thou must leave ere long.

lines 9-12 compare "ashes" to

a)life
b)love
c)light
d)youth

what major theme does the final couplet introduce into the sonnet?

a)love
b)death
c)life
d)old age

if we were to remove the final two lines, we could say that this poem was just about

a)love
b)old age and dying
c)relationships
d)lust

what is the most likely meaning of the word "ere"?

a)after
b)instead
c)before
d)again

which of these is a symbol for life?

a)night
b)ashes
c)fire
d)the tree's bare boughs

how is "youth" like a pile of "ashes"?

a)youth is eternal and like light never dies out.
b)youth burns like a fire refusing to die out.
c)youth burns bright but like a fire ultimately dies out.
d)youth burns brightly but softly so it doesn't die out.

the character invented by shakespeare to narrate this poem is called a(n)

a)personification
b)voice
c)persona
d)implied listener

Answer:

1. D) Youth

2. A) love

3. B) old age and dying

4) C) before

5) C) fire

6) C)Youth burns bright but like a fire ultimately dies out.

7) C) persona

In this poem, Shakespeare discusses what it is like to grow old and be near death. He characterizes old age as "autumn" and "twilight." Both of these represent the conclusion of something, and a natural decay. Although the poem mostly discusses these two topics, towards the end he introduces the topic of love, and discusses how sad it is to lose someone you love due to old age. He also compares youth to a fire which burns bright inside a person, but which ultimately dies out.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

elon musk, ceo of spacex, a startup space company is planning to head to mars by 2023. nasa is planning to go to mars at around 2025. both are just for a basic colony.