The Chrysalids Chapter 8 Questions (if you have read this novel can y'all please help answer? even if you only know one question):

1. Why, according to Axel, were the accepted patterns of the Old People not necessarily the best?

2. For what reasons does Axel say that physical deviation is unimportant?

3. In what important way does Axel see man developing? How must man face this new change?

4. How is Axel's theory in opposition to the society in which he lives? Why would these thoughts be considered "dangerous"? Would the reaction of Axel's society to his "theory" be in keeping with human nature as we know it?

In the story "a very old man with enormous wings", why does the young girl get changed into a spider?

Which option is the most relevant piece of evidence for this claim

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]