Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." Shaking this off with a gasp and a struggle, l uplifted myself upon the pillows, and, peering earnestly within the
intense darkness of the chamber, hearkened -- know not why, except that an instinctive spirit prompted me
to
certain low and indefinite sounds which came, through the pauses of the storm, at long intervals, knew not
whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, threw on my clothes
with haste.
Which word from this excerpt could be used to argue that the narrator is unreliable?
"Shaking" suggests the narrator's nervousness.
O "Struggle" suggests the narrator's weakness.
"Indefinite" suggests the narrator's lack of knowledge.
"Overpowered" suggests the narrator's lack of control.

Read the following excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut: he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. but he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. what message about the role of media is best supported in this excerpt? a. media are the reason george is able to watch ballet. b. media change people's values, making them more selfish. c. media tend to make audiences' worldviews the same. d. media can be used to distract audiences from the truth.