Click to read the passage from the metamorphosis by franz kafka, then
answer the question.
which sentence best shows that the father's attitude toward gregor has
changed?
under the bushy eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out
fresh and alert: his normally unkempt white hair was combed
down painfully close to his scalp.
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b. stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her
arms around him, uniting herself with him totally - now gregor
lost his ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's
head begging him to spare gregor's life.
c. he was standing up straight enough now; dressed in a smart blue
uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by the employees at the
banking institute; above the high, stiff collar of the coat his strong
double-chin
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d. he took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some
bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa,
put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of
his long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked
towards gregor.

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in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is

the answer is b. i did this test and got it right.