3 5 7 9 48:14 Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version. Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text? Gilgamesh stopped. He was trembling. Tears flowed down his cheeks. "O Shamash," he cried "protect me on this dangerous journey Remember me, help me, hear my prayer." O Frightened, Gilgamesh pleads with the god Shamash to protect him during this dangerous Journey O Trembling and crying, Gilgamesh honors Shamash so that Shamash will grant his wish. O Gilgamesh shows great respect for the god Shamash by praying to him for protection. O Shamash is a powerful god, so Gilgamesh asks him to provide safety as he faces great danger.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.