Select the correct verb tense that is used in the sentence below.
1. that company has been making surfboards since the 1960s.
a. present perfect progressive
b. present progressive
c. past perfect progressive
d. past progressive
2.we had been listening to the radio when the lights went out.
a. past progressive
b. present progressive
c. past perfect progressive
d. past progressive
3.kalman had been sleeping throughout that memorable day.
a. past progressive
b. past perfect progressive
c. present progressive
d. present perfect progressive
4. sammi will have been writing her novel for two years this week.
a. past progressive
b. present progressive.
c. present perfect progressive
d. future perfect progressive

"introduction to oedipus the king": what is most likely the author's intent in writing about the difference(s) between sophocles's play and the original myth on which it's based?

Read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll’s house. mrs. linde: you seemed to me to imply that with me you might have been quite another man. krogstad: i am certain of it. mrs. linde: is it too late now? krogstad: christine, are you saying this deliberately? yes, i am sure you are. i see it in your face. have you really the courage, then—? mrs. linde: i want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother. we two need each other. nils, i have faith in your real character—i can dare anything together with you. krogstad [grasps her hands]. , , christine! now i shall find a way to clear myself in the eyes of the world. ah, but i forgot— how does the conflict in this passage develop a theme? mrs. linde creates a conflict by promising something she cannot give to krogstad, which develops the theme that empty promises can destroy relationships. krogstad continues the conflict by choosing clearing his name over having a life with mrs. linde, which develops the theme that you must often choose yourself over others. krogstad creates a conflict by deceiving mrs. linde about his intentions, which develops the theme that, in love, actions speak louder than words. mrs. linde resolves the conflict by committing to a new life with krogstad, which develops the theme that new beginnings are always possible.

Aside from his general attitude toward women, what kept cisneros father from appreciating her writing?