Read the passage and answer the question that follows. from gulliver's travels, by jonathan swift my gentleness and good behaviour had gained so far on the emperor and his court, and indeed upon the army and people in general, that i began to conceive hopes of getting my liberty in a short time. i took all possible methods to cultivate this favourable disposition. the natives came, by degrees, to be less apprehensive of any danger from me. i would sometimes lie down, and let five or six of them dance on my hand; and at last the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide-and-seek in my hair. i had now made a good progress in understanding and speaking the language. the emperor had a mind one day to entertain me with several of the country shows, wherein they exceed all nations i have known, both for dexterity and magnificence. i was diverted with none so much as that of the rope-dancers, performed upon a slender white thread, extended about two feet, and twelve inches from the ground. upon which i shall desire liberty, with the reader's patience, to enlarge a little. which quotation from the passage best sets out the main problem faced by the narrator? (5 points) "i began to conceive hopes of getting my liberty in a short time." "the natives came, by degrees, to be less apprehensive of any danger from me." "i had now made a good progress in understanding and speaking the language." "i was diverted with none so much as that of the rope-dancers."

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important.what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority

Asap plz which sentence from this excerpt of jefferson davis’s inaugural address indicates that secession was the confederacy’s way of reclaiming its legal powers? an agricultural people, whose chief interest is the export of a commodity required in every manufacturing country, our true policy is peace, and the freest trade which our necessities will permit . . there can be but little rivalry between ours and any manufacturing or navigating community, such as the northeastern states of the american union. it must follow, therefore, that a mutual interest would invite good will and kind offices. if, however, passion or the lust of dominion should cloud the judgment or inflame the ambition of those states, we must prepare to meet the emergency and to maintain, by the final arbitrament of the sword, the position which we have assumed among the nations of the earth. we have entered upon the career of independence, and it must be inflexibly pursued. through many years of controversy with our late associates, the northern states, we have vainly endeavored to secure tranquillity, and to obtain respect for the rights to which we were entitled. as a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of separation; and henceforth our energies must be directed to the conduct of our own affairs, and the perpetuity of the confederacy which we have formed. if a just perception of mutual interest shall permit us peaceably to pursue our separate political career, my most earnest desire will have been fulfilled. but, if this be denied to us, and the integrity of our territory and jurisdiction be assailed, it will but remain for us, with firm resolve, to appeal to arms and invoke the blessings of providence on a just cause . .

Which of these excerpts from margaret frink's memoir makes heaviest use ofimagery? oa. the bottom was divided off into little compartments orcupboards. after putting in our provisions, and other baggage, afloor was constructed over all, on which our mattress was laid.ffob. the wagon was packed and we were all ready to start on thetwenty-seventh day of march.he.ww.as born and raised in thweslelend& rnewyork. i, margaret ann alsip, his wife, was born in maryland, thoughpartly raised in virginia, on the banks of the potomac river.inod. we situated ourselves one hundred and twenty-five miles fromcheviot, in the town of martinsville, the county seat of morgancounty, indiana.w