Which best describes the conflict between scrooge and the two charity men in "stave i: marley's ghost"?
a. the men want scrooge to provide cratchit with better pay and working conditions, but scrooge insists that cratchit is lucky to have a job at all and should be grateful.
b. the men want scrooge to take down marley's name from the countinghouse, but scrooge insists on leaving it up because it is good for business.
c. the men want scrooge to give money to the poor, but scrooge insists that the prisons and workhouses can provide the poor with basic necessities.
d. the men want scrooge to go to christmas dinner with them, but scrooge insists that anyone who celebrates christmas is a fool.

What does the term fiend not mean as it is used in the passage? a) beast b) brute c) fanatic d) savage

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

The travels of marco polo. which sentence best reflects author’s subjective perspective on the people of japan?