Read the excerpt from part 4 of the odyssey. there, as the whirlpool drank the tide, a billow tossed me, and i sprang for the great fig tree, catching on like a bat under a bough. nowhere had i to stand, no way of climbing, the root and bole being far below, and far above my head the branches and their leaves, massed, overshadowing charybdis pool. in this excerpt, odysseus is compared to a whirlpool. bat. root. pool.

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

The town should regulate the height of buildings allowed on main street. this would be categorized as a: a. claim of fact. b. claim of policy. c. claim of cause and effect. d. claim of definition.

How are montag and faber opposites of each other? a) montag is a firefighter, therefore it is his job to burn books. faber used to be and english professor, and it was his job to teach students about books. b) montag is passionate and determined, and farber is wise and cautious c) montag is brave enough to steal and illegal book. faber was too afraid to speak up when books started to become illegal. d) all of the answer choices are correct