9. Read the following excerpt. Using the context of the paragraph, select the word that best completes the sentence.

After writing for many hours, the journalist felt he had written an important piece that would improve the lives of others. He had written strategically and eloquently. He smiled with satisfaction; he may get paid for being a journalist, but he had discovered that being an activist was his true . (3 points)

A: mandate
B: sanction
C: vocation
D: context

What can be inferred about the cyclops in this excerpt from homer’s odyssey?

Can someone “think of a time you overcame a challenge or obstacle. describe the experience in two or three sentences”

Excerpt from an enemy of the people henrik ibsen mrs. stockmann. (turns to the hall door, listening.) i expect that is mr. hovstad coming. billing. very likely. (peter stockmann comes in. he wears an overcoat and his official hat, and carries a stick.) peter stockmann. good evening, katherine. mrs. stockmann (coming forward into the sitting-room). ah, good evening--is it you? how good of you to come up and see us! peter stockmann. i happened to be passing, and into the dining-room). but you have company with you, i see. mrs. stockmann (a little embarrassed). oh, no--it was quite by chance he came in. (hurriedly.) won't you come in and have something, too? peter stockmann. i! no, you. good gracious--hot meat at night! not with my digestion, when peter stockmann enters, what does his physical appearance to reveal about his character?