Read this excerpt from "eavesdropping" by eudora welty and answer the question. what they talked about, i have no idea … . it was no doubt whatever a young married couple spending their first time privately in each other’s company in the long, probably harried day would talk about. it was the murmur of their voices, the back-and-forth, the unnoticed stretching away of time between my bedtime and theirs, that made me bask there at my distance. what i felt was not that i was excluded from them but that i was included, in – and because of – what i could hear in their voices and what i could see of their faces in the cone of yellow light under the brown-scorched shade. in the above excerpt, which words best establish immediacy? "it was no doubt … " "what i felt … " "what they talked about …" "made me bask there at my distance"

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Part a: which of the following captures how foreign residents, or xenoi, regarded their status or position in ancient greek society? a. while some city-states discouraged immigration, most ancient greek societies allowed foreign residents partial citizenship, the most that foreigners could hope to attain.b. the majority of foreign residents felt unsafe in ancient greek society, as they were almost always expelled or killed if caught; this is because ancient greeks considered themselves superior to many if not all other civilizations.c. while their rights were limited and their relationship with locals shaky, metics had the opportunity of social mobility and full citizenship status, for either themselves or their children.d. the xenoi saw themselves as advanced and providing new services to greek society, as they often brought with them new skills, like pottery.part b: which of the following quotes best supports the answer to part a? a. “greeks persuaded themselves that it was they who had the best environment and characteristics and the purest blood line and were, therefore, born to rule.”(paragraph 11)b. “aside from slaves, most greek poleis would have had a number of free foreigners (xenoi) who had chosen to re-locate from other areas of greece, the mediterranean, and the near east, bringing with them skills such as pottery and metalworking.” (paragraph 16)c. “despite the suspicions and prejudices against foreign “barbarians” which often crop up in literary sources, there were cases when metoikoi did manage to become full citizens after a suitable display of loyalty and contribution to the good of the host state.” (paragraph 16)d. “however, some states, notably sparta, at times actively discouragedimmigration or periodically expelled xenoi.” (paragraph 16)

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