Which sentences in this excerpt from ernest shackleton's south! suggest that the author is writing a memoir? a) i looked down a sheer precipice to a chaos of crumpled ice 1500 ft. below. there was no way down for us. b) the country to the east was a great snow upland, sloping upwards for a distance of seven or eight miles to a height of over 4000 ft. c) our path lay between the glaciers and the outfalls, but first we had to descend from the ridge on which we stood. d) this tremendous gully, cut in the snow and ice by the fierce winds blowing round the mountain, was semicircular in form, and it ended in a gentle incline. e) we passed through it, under the towering precipice of ice, and at the far end we had another meal and a short rest.

The answer is:

A) I looked down a sheer precipice to a chaos of crumpled ice 1500 ft. below. There was no way down for us.

C) Our path lay between the glaciers and the outfalls, but first we had to descend from the ridge on which we stood.

E) We passed through it, under the towering precipice of ice, and at the far end we had another meal and a short rest.

A memoir is an autobiography or a historical description of past events based on personal experiences or special sources. In his book "South!," Ernest Shackleton describes his adventures during his South Pole expeditions between 1914 and 1917. As a result, the sentences that suggest he is writing a memoir are the ones in which he includes himself and other people, using words like I, we and us.

the correct answer is d. in john paston's letter written friday, 14, 1476, he expresses his fear that he may have to go to war.

indeed, although the black death was ravaging europe, the pastons were relatively safe from it due to their social status as they were part of the landed gentry. it is clear that the vast majority of the victims of the pandemic were the poor. the reason why he is weary of having to go to war is because at the particular time england was also devastated by the war of the roses and paston, being a courtesan was inevitably involved.