Read the sentence from of the wisdom of the ancients. they say then that love was the most ancient of all the gods; the most ancient therefore of all things whatever, except chaos, which is said to have been coeval with him; and chaos is never distinguished by the ancients with divine honour or the name of a god. to correctly paraphrase this sentence, tamar should a-copy it exactly as it is. b-restate it in her own words. c-copy part of it exactly and restate the rest. d-quote it exactly and put quotation marks around it.

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.