Read the excerpt from "the weary blues."

he made that poor piano moan with melody.
o blues!
swaying to and fro on his rickety stool
he played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool.
sweet blues!
coming from a black man's soul.
o blues!
in a deep song voice with a melancholy tone
i heard that negro sing, that old piano moan—
"ain't got nobody in all this world,
ain't got nobody but ma self.
i’s gwine to quit ma frownin'
and put ma troubles on the shelf."

what is the effect of repeating the phrase “piano moan” in the poem?
a. it sets a sad, mournful tone.
b. it adds a cheerful, melodic chord.
c. it adds an open, musical sound.
d. it sets an angry, discordant tone.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

Read this passage from "the american dream." it does not say all white men, but it says all men. . how does the second part of the sentence relate to the first part?

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