How does this paragraph best shape the central idea of the passage?
We knew what the poet meant when he sang of: "—thy
cornfields green, and sunny vines, O pleasant land of France!"

A). It emphasizes Twain's belief that the French
countryside is beautiful.
B). It shows that Twain is aware that he isn't the first to
find France beautiful.
C). It provides another person's similar viewpoint on the
landscape of France.
D). It highlights the pleasantness of the French farms
and fields.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt

What logical prediction can be made from this passage?

People who are frugal do well financially because they don’t