Read the excerpt from "the bet" by anton chekov and answer the question
[1] it was a dark autumn night. the old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party one autumn evening. there had been many clever men
there, and there had been interesting conversations. among other things they had talked of capital punishment. the majority of the guests, among whom were many journalists and intellectual men,
disapproved of the death penalty. they considered that form of punishment out of date, immoral, and unsuitable for christian states. in the opinion of some of them the death penalty ought to be replaced
everywhere by imprisonment for life. "i don't agree with you," said their host the banker. "i have not tried either the death penalty or imprisonment for life, but if one may judge a priori, the death penalty is more
moral and more humane than imprisonment for life. capital punishment kills a man at once, but lifelong imprisonment kills him slowly. which executioner is the more humane, he who kills you in a few minutes
or he who drags the life out of you in the course of many years? "
[2] "both are equally immoral, observed one of the guests, "for they both have the same object—to take away life. the state is not god. it has not the right to take away what it cannot restore when it wants
[3] among the guests was a young lawyer, a young man of five-and-twenty. when he was asked his opinion, he said:
[4] "the death sentence and the life sentence are equally immoral, but if i had to choose between the death penalty and imprisonment for life, i would certainly choose the second. to live anyhow is better
than not at all."
[5] a lively discussion arose. the banker, who was younger and more nervous in those days, was suddenly carried away by excitement; he struck the table with his fist and shouted at the young man:
[6] "it's not true! i'll bet you two million you wouldn't stay in solitary confinement for five years."
17] "if you mean that in earnest," said the young man, "i'll take the bet, but i would stay not five but fifteen years."
[8] "fifteen? done! " cried the banker. "gentlemen, i stake two million! "
in 5-7 complete sentence, summarize your module one short story. give specific details about the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. your response should address each element of plot?

Attempting to transcend her condition the author tries to focus on nature as she lies limpin the dirt (lines 46-78).what does she realize about the earth and sky as she lies there

Read the passage. excerpt from "why equal pay is worth fighting for" by senator elizabeth warren, april 17, 2014 i honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in 2014. when i started teaching elementary school after college, the public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay scales: one for men and one for women. women have made incredible strides since then. but 40 years later, we're still debating equal pay for equal work. women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation. bloomberg analyzed census data and found that median earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of 265 major occupation categories. in 99.6 percent of occupations, men get paid more than women. that's not an accident; that's discrimination. the effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans. pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women. . for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by, and many families depend as much on mom's salary as they do on dad's, if not more. women are the main breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much harder for these families to stay afloat. women are ready to fight back against pay discrimination, but it's not easy. today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes. here in the senate, sen. barbara mikulski (d-md.) introduced the paycheck fairness act to give women the tools to combat wage discrimination. it would ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women. senator warren states that the effects of pay discrimination are long-lasting. is this a valid argument supported by accurate evidence? no; warren weakens her point by claiming that the paycheck fairness act would "give women the tools to combat wage discrimination." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women." no; warren weakens her point by noting, "today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes."

In what part of play’s structure do you usually get a feel for the characters and setting a)denouement b)exposition c)rising action d)falling action