1. PART A: Which of the following statements best describes a central idea of the text?
A.
Capitalism is to blame for the Great Depression and the end of the Roaring Twenties because this economic system only benefits wealthy people.
B.
Americans were more consumed with entertainment and reckless behavior in the 1920s, allowing the government to make bad decisions.
C.
Americans were indulging in excess and deregulation during the 1920s, unaware this would contribute to an economic crisis.
D.
Hoover’s progressive policies were not enough to undo much of the damage that was done during the Harding and Coolidge administrations.

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job