Part A Which of the following states an opposing argument that the author rebuts in the text?
A. Although his first career was not as an archaeologist, he developed an interest in history
and foreign cultures when he was just a child,
B. Most people assumed that like the Greek myths described in the tales, the city itself was
also a myth
C. Even though many modern archaeologists and scholars criticize Schliemann's approach
as an archaeologist, they forget that he was excavating at a much earlier time
D. He helped set the standard for what would and would not be accepted for fieldwork
Part B
Which sentence from the text offers a rebuttal that supports your answer in Pan A?
A. It is said that his first awareness of the city of Troy came from a history book his father
gave him as a present
B. But Schliemann had faith in the city's existence and believed that the descriptions were
too specific to be the stuff of fiction
C He prepared for his exploration by visiting different countries and studying archaeology
in Paris
D. There were no universally accepted rules of excavation in the late 1800s

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion

Choose the correct form of word to complete the sentence. candies-candy's-candys effects on children's teeth is unfortunate.

M read the sentence.what best describes the underlined part of the sentence,and why? alma plans to visit london and paris, where her parentswent on their first trip together as a married couple.it is a restrictive relative clause because it begins with arelative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is notnecessary to the meaning of the sentence.it is a nonrestrictive relative clause because it begins witha relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and isnecessary to the meaning of the sentence.it is a restrictive relative clause because it begins with arelative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and isnecessary to the meaning of the sentence.it is a nonrestrictive relative clause because it begins witha relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and isnot necessary to the meaning of the sentence.