Read this excerpt from a play.

june and sylvio speak to mr. teller in the driveway of their farmhouse. it is raining hard, and they all carry umbrellas. a dog sits on the steps of the house.

june: we didn’t think you’d be coming back for the puppy.

mr. teller: i said i would when i dropped the puppy off.

sylvio: yes, but that was months ago. we thought you’d be back for the puppy in a couple days. now she’s a full-grown dog. we have raised her ourselves, we built her her own doghouse, and we love her.

mr. teller: but she’s my dog. i only dropped her off at your house for safekeeping since i had to go out of town on business. now i’m back and i want my dog back.

what is the setting of this play?

a basket
a farm
a doghouse
a trip

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After world war 1, writers like henry james felt that words such as “glory”,”honor”, and “courage”took on a

"though i had a million things to do, i stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, i eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that i possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something i hadn't done in so long that i wondered why i was bothering." which of the following most effectively condenses the underlined sentences by using deletion and substitution? a. she got out of bed reluctantly and did her immediate necessities. b. even though she had a million things to do, she finally got out of bed unwillingly and did her immediate necessities. c. though she had a million things to do, she stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, she eventually got up and did the immediate necessities. d. she got out of bed anyway.