"The Gift of the Magi:" Which sentence from the excerpt most strongly supports the inference that Della wants to please Jim? Question 12 options: a) "There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl." b) "Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him." c) "So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters." d) "‘Twenty dollars,’ said Madame, lifting the mass with a practiced hand."

Pl ! the term laissez-faire refers to the government’s approach, in the 1890s, to foreign policy affecting trade. economic policy affecting business. educational policy affecting schools. domestic policy affecting social reform.

“[the city’s engineers excelled in areas] neglected by the greeks, such as the construction of roads and aqueducts, and of sewers that could wash the filth of the city into the tiber. they have built paved roads throughout the country, leveling ridges and filling up hollows, so as to make possible the movements of heavily loaded wagons. . and such is the quantity of water brought in by the aqueducts, that veritable rivers flow through the city and its sewers: almost every house has cisterns, waterpipes, and copious fountains.” —strabo, as quoted in empires ascendant: time frame 400 b.c.–a.d. 200 cisterns are tanks that hold water until it is needed; if a house has a cistern, it is likely to also have a. aqueducts. c. a swimming pool. b. a fish pond. d. sinks and faucets.

Which of the following words best describes gregor’s life as expressed in this passage the metaphorphosis