Read these sentences from the story:

the young woman pressed and prodded the wasted muscles, resting he body on her knees, her bowed head hidden as in a cloud by her black wealth of hair. negore watched the supple body, bending at the hips as a lynx’s body might bend, pliant aaa a young willow stalk, and, withal, strong as only youth is strong.

which sentence best explains the central idea of this section of the story?
a- a woman is beautiful to watch while she is unaware.
b- a woman’s power is slight, but her presence is strong.
c- a woman toils, but moves with a subtle power.
d- a woman works on her tired father.

Read the quote from zimmermann in the code book. a future government could inherit a technology infrastructure that's optimized for surveillance, where they can watch the movements of their political opposition, every financial transaction, every communication, every bit of e-mail, every phone call. everything could be filtered and scanned and automatically recognized by voice recognition technology and transcribed. it's time for cryptography to step out of the shadows of spies and the military, and step into the sunshine and be embraced by the rest of us. which question does this paragraph answer? why does zimmermann think encryption is important? what kind of encryption did zimmermann invent? how does zimmermann’s encryption work? who made encryption based on zimmermann’s work?

Sure, i wish things had turned out differently for me in vietnam. but i know things could have turned out worse, too. so ljust try to be for what i do have and do my best to be independent. i can dress myself and even tie a tie. no more playing guitar, though. if i close my eyes, i can just about hear the music. just strumming my heartstrings is what i'm doing, i suppose. how could the author best resolve this situation to create a feeling of somber regret? a. the narrator describes the difficulty in cooking for himself. b. the narrator decides to sell his guitar and take up a new instrument. c. the narrator points out that he doesn't have to wear a tie too often. d. the narrator mentions a friend who did not live through the war.

What steps best a reader determine the central idea of a text? select three options.