Q7 *
how does the setting of the story “the cask of amontillado” create suspense in the story?
1 point
the carnival atmosphere leads the reader to believe montresor is joking
the carnival atmosphere encourages fortunado to drink more wine
the cold, damp catacomb forces fortunado to go back to the main floor
the cold, damp catacomb forces fortunado to want to turn back, spoiling montresor’s plans
q8 *
which of the following makes montresor an unreliable narrator?
1 point
he drinks a lot of wine before he tells his story
he has not provided a description of what fortunado did wrong
he describes luchesi as a better wine connoisseur than fortunado
he forces fortunado to say something before he places the last brick
q9 *
the tone in “the cask of amontillado” is best described as –
1 point
immature and unaware
friendly and warm
relaxed throughout
suspenseful and horrifying
q10 *
based on montresor’s actions throughout the story, the reader can conclude that he is –
1 point
rational and open-minded
patient and forgiving
good-natured and sociable
treacherous and unbalanced
q11 *
why does montressor tell his servants he won't be back until morning?
1 point
he wants to be sure they won't see him at carnival.
he doesn't want them to be able to tell the police what he has done.
he wants to be sure they won't be home when he returns with fortunado.
he wants an alibi for where he will be that night.
q12 *
which sentence best summarizes "the raven"?
1 point
the speaker was sad and tired one night, and he was startled when lenore knocked on the door.
the speaker was depressed over losing his love, and he now faces the possibility of living the rest of his life with the raven in his house.
the speaker was tired one night and dreamed of a talking bird.
the speaker was depressed over losing his love, who then appeared to him in the form of a raven.
q13 *
which line from "the raven" exhibits the best example of alliteration?
1 point
"and the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain"
"'and each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."
"'tis the wind and nothing more."
"for we cannot agreeing that no living human being"
q14 *
how does the poet's use of repetition contribute to the reader's understanding of the speaker's mood?
1 point
beginning with "once upon a midnight dreary" readers understand the speaker is depressed.
the repetition of the word "raven" readers understand that the speaker doesn't like birds.
the repetition of the words "lenore" and "nevermore" readers understand that the speaker sadly misses his lost love.
the repetition of the word "soul" readers understand that the speaker has no conscience.

What to the slave is the fourth of july? by frederick douglass fellow-citizens—pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am i called upon to speak here to-day? what have i, or those i represent, to do with your national independence? are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that declaration of independence, extended to us? and am i, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits, and express devout gratitude for the blessings, resulting from your independence to us? but, such is not the state of the case. i say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. i am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. the blessings in which you this day rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. the rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. the sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. this fourth of july is yours, not mine. you may rejoice, i must mourn. to drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony. do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day? fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, i hear the mournful wail of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are to-day rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them. if i do forget, if i do not faithfully remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, "may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth! " to forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs, and to chime in with the popular theme, would be treason most scandalous and shocking, and would make me a reproach before god and the world. my subject, then, fellow-citizens, is american slavery. i shall see this day and its popular characteristics from the slave's point of view. standing there, identified with the american bondman, making his wrongs mine, i do not hesitate to declare, with all my soul, that the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this fourth of july. whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. what is one of the lessons douglass impresses on his listeners? a) the nation should not rejoice until everyone has freedom. b) he must speak on the fourth of july in order to bring change. c) for him to join the celebration would be treason. d) he can see the perspective of slaves and citizens with equal clarity.

One of the author's purposes in the code book is to explain different types of codebreaking to his readers. which line best demonstrates this purpose? a theoretical breakthrough would be a fundamentally new way of finding alice's private key mathematicians have been studying factoring for centuries, and modern factoring techniques are not significantly better than ancient techniques a more recent development is the so-called tempest attack, which aims to detect the electromagnetic signals emitted in a computer's display unit if scientists could build a quantum computer, it would be able to perform calculations with enormous speed mark this and return save and exit next submit

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?