(1) one morning in february 2009, the staff at the santa monica pier aquarium arrived to find the place flooded with more than 200 gallons of spilled saltwater. (2) the one responsible for the mess was not a human, but a foot-long, two-spotted california octopus, calmly watching from her tank. (3) evidently, this octopus had pushed and nudged until she released a valve near the top of her tank, spilling all the water. (4) luckily, the staff got there in time to save any sea creatures from harm. (5) tara crow is the aquarium's public programs manager. (6) she is quoted as saying the whole thing was actually pretty funny, though it took many hours to clean. (7) in the future, the curious octopus likely won't be able to repeat such a stunt. (8) aquarium staff has made sure there are extra clamps and tape securing the lid of her tank.
which sentence could best be added before sentence 3?
(3) evidently, this octopus had pushed and nudged until she released a valve near the top of her tank, spilling all the water.
a. intelligence and curiosity are hallmark traits of octopuses.
b. octopuses pull water into their mantle cavity, passing it through the gills.
c. this species feeds on snails, clams, mussels, and small crabs.
d. two-spotted octopuses generally live to be about 2 years old.

Ead the passage from "marriage is a private affair” by chinua achebe. "i shall never see her,” was the reply. from that night the father scarcely spoke to his son. he did not, however, cease hoping that he would realize how serious was the danger he was heading for. day and night he put him in his prayers. nnaemeka, for his own part, was very deeply affected by his father’s grief. but he kept hoping that it would pass away. if it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. "it has never been heard,” was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later. in that short sentence he spoke for all of his people. this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke when news went round about his son’s behaviour. by that time the son had gone back to lagos. "it has never been heard,” said the old man again with a sad shake of his head. "what did our lord say? ” asked another gentleman. "sons shall rise against their fathers; it is there in the holy book.” "it is the beginning of the end,” said another. how does this passage reinforce the traditional social hierarchy? the older men in the village tell okeke that he should respect nnaemeka’s decision. the older men in the village console nnaemeka about okeke’s attitude toward his choices. the older men in the village commiserate with okeke regarding nnaemeka’s decision to disobey him. the older men in the village think that nnaemeka should be optimistic that okeke will accept his decision.

Based on part two of trifles, which of the following images most reinforces the them of loneliness that exists throughout the play?

The play, doctor faustus, opens with a prologue. by describing faustus's beginnings as a child "base of stock" and his end as his "waxen wings" melted when "heaven conspired" to stop him, the chorus subtly calls to audience's minds, as they begin to view the play, the commonly held idea of the great chain of being the pact with the devil the seven deadly sins the renaissance man