Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. Nina was always a mysterious figure in the family:
beautiful as a movie star, cosmopolitan and elegant, with
wide Slavic cheeks. She spoke only Russian, though
she lived much of her adult life in Tel Aviv. There were
rumors that she came from nobility and that she had
once been very rich. She and Avram were thought of as
a glamorous couple—he the charming man with his
head in the clouds (in Yiddish the word for that kind of
person is luftmensh, "air man"), she the mysterious
beauty who had given up everything to be with him.
Which statements best describe the author's purpose
for writing this passage? Select two options.
to present background information about Nina
to create a sense of suspense about Nina's future
to intrigue the reader with details about Nina
to show how Nina was able to mislead people
to persuade the reader that Nina was rich

Is my mailman likes to read peoples mail. all mailmen like to read peoples mail an example for hasty generalization

Ineed with this, i don’t know it’s display or protest

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend