C D

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could,

but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who

so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however,

that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged;

this was a point definitely settled—but the very definitiveness

with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not

only punish but punish with impunity.* A wrong is unredressed

when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally

unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as

such to him who has done the wrong

It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had !

given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as

was my wont, to smile in his face and he did not perceive that

my smile now was at the thought of his immolation. **

Which theme, or lesson about life, would the character’s thoughts i

Select all the correct answers. which sentences contain an adverb clause? darla set up a studio because she enjoyed painting. as aaron was having a midnight snack, he heard a loud noise coming from the basement. the entire town was searching for the girl with the red hair. they listened to what he had to say but disagreed with him in the end.

Which statement is an example of a complex sentence? a. although he denies them, dr. vasquez faced several scandals last year. b. people tend to use too many clauses in sentences that should be simple. c. cars tend to be expensive, but airplanes are in a price range of their own. d. i am in favor of proposition 1, and i am also in favor of proposition 16.

Read this passage from alan weisman's "the city without us": he props his running shoe against the whitish bark of a chinese amur cork tree, growing among the last of the hemlocks. "this may sound blasphemous, but maintaining biodiversity is less important than maintaining a functioning ecosystem. what matters is that soil is protected, that water gets cleaned, that trees filter the air, that a canopy regenerates new seedlings to keep nutrients from draining away into the bronx river." now read this passage from jared diamond's "the ends of the world as we know them": both the shoguns and the japanese peasants took a long-term view: the former expected to pass on their power to their children, and the latter expected to pass on their land. . today, despite having the highest human population density of any large developed country, japan is more than 70 percent forested. what common theme of green literature is most strongly evident in both passages? a. in order to thrive in coming centuries, people must find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as coal. b. with careful and intelligent management, ecosystems can still thrive after human beings have changed them. c. in order meet their goals, environmentalists must people develop a personal desire to protect nature. d. there is no excuse for damaging the natural world, and anyone who does so will pay a steep price.