Which two sections of this excerpt from t. s. eliot's "the love song of j. alfred prufrock" contain a biblical allusion? i should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas. and the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully! smoothed by long fingers, asleep … tired … or it malingers, stretched on the floor, here beside you and me. should i, after tea and cakes and ices, have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? but though i have wept and fasted, wept and prayed, though i have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter, i am no prophet—and here’s no great matter; i have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and would it have been worth it, after all, after the cups, the marmalade, the tea, among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, would it have been worth while, to have bitten off the matter with a smile, to have squeezed the universe into a ball to roll it toward some overwhelming question, to say: “i am lazarus, come from the dead, come back to tell you all, i shall tell you all”— if one, settling a pillow by her head, should say: “that is not what i meant at all; that is not it, at all.”

Select the correct text in the passage. in richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game," zaroffs aristocratic appearance and dignified manners mask his sinister, animalistic nature. which line from the excerpt best provides a glimpse into his true nature? rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. he was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which rainsford had come. his eyes, too, were black and very bright. he had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face-the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat. turning to the giant in uniform, the general made a sign. the giant put away his pistol, saluted, withdrew. "ivan is an incredibly strong fellow," remarked the general, "but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb. a simple fellow, but, i'm afraid, like all his race, a bit of a savage." "is he russian? " "he is a cossack," said the general, and his smile showed red lips and pointed teeth. "so am i." half apologetically general zaroff said, "we do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here. forgive any lapses. we are well off the beaten track, you know." laughter shook the general. "how extraordinarily droll you are! " he said. "one does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in america, with such a naive, and, if i may say so, mid-victorian point of view. it's like finding a snuffbox in a limousine. ah, well, doubtless you