In this way mr. brown learned a good deal about the religion of the clan and he came to the conclusion that a frontal attack on it would not succeed. and so he built a school and a little hospital in umuofia.

why does achebe most likely use the phrase “frontal attack” instead of “direct approach” or “short-term plan” in this excerpt?

a. to convey mr. brown’s almost militaristic sense of order and discipline
b. to imply that mr. brown’s motives are ultimately hostile to the igbo people
c. to show that mr. brown considers his charitable work a matter of life and death
d. to illustrate how much of a struggle it would be for mr. brown to convert the igbo people

The story behind the story is a a human interest article b concerned with the feelings of people involved in a headline event ca kind of special feature d all of these e none of these

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Read the passage below and answer the question. the old man was known for his probity. he was considered incorruptible. using context clues, how would you define the meaning of the word probity in the passage? curiosity drunkenness integrity corruptibility