A good novelist cannot work well without a.. a. mood

b. plot

c. doctrine

d. setting

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

As usual the nurse has trouble getting to the point what does juliet think happened before she learns the truth?

Choose the best paraphrase of bashes haiku an old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again a.the pond was silent until the frog jumped in splashing now alternates with quiet b.a pond will never be silent after one frog jumps into it and starts splashing around c. a frog jumps into a quiet pond there is a splash then all is quiet once more d. there was once an accident body of water that a frog splashed into and died