Read this excerpt from act iii, scene i, of shakespeare’s romeo and juliet: romeo: this gentleman, the prince's near ally, my very friend, hath got his mortal hurt in my behalf; my reputation stain'd with tybalt's slander,—tybalt, that an hour hath been my kinsman! o sweet juliet, thy beauty hath made me effeminate and in my temper soften'd valour's steel! what is the central idea of the excerpt? romeo blames falling in love with juliet as the cause of mercutio’s death. romeo blames tybalt’s hatred towards the montagues as the cause of mercutio’s death. romeo blames his own cowardice and refusal to fight as the cause of mercutio’s death. romeo blames mercutio’s impulsiveness as the cause of mercutio’s death. romeo blames benvolio’s inability to stop the fight as the cause of mercutio’s death.

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

Read this passage from "the pedestrian" by ray bradbury: which sentence best describes the overall impact of the setting?

Which of these excerpts from “a white heron” is an example of personification