Read the passage: none of his tools, it seemed to him, cut or chopped or delved as well as they once had done. “they’re as worn-out as that old codger i saw on the road,” maibon said to himself. he squinted up at the sky. “even the sun isn’t as bright as it used to be and doesn’t warm me half as well. it’s gone threadbare as my cloak. and no wonder, for it’s been there longer than i can remember." who or what does maibon blame for the state of his tools and the sun? a. the old man on the road. b. time c. the dwarf d. himself

We wear the mask that grins and ses. des our cheeks and shades our eyes. -this debt we pay to human guile. wiatom and bleeding hearts we smile. and mouth with myriad subtetieswhy should the world be over-wise. in counting all our tears and sons? nay. let them only see us whilewe wear the maskwe smile, but o great christ, our cresto thee from tortured souls ansewe sing. but on se clay is vilebeneath our teet and long the mile: but let the word dream otherwisewe wear the maskwhat efect does the poet achieve by repeating the phrase, we wear the mask throughout the poem? complete the sentences to answer thequessonin the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeatshette phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-tact in the secondstara, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the onmasa defianty. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase. dunbar could be implying that 2.) answer choices 1.) a.) he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of raceb.) he is speaking about a common experience that the african american community sharesc.) every individual experiences some kind of alienation, though their experiences may differd.) human survival depends on deception, hypocrisy, and lying 2.) a.) people can triumph over suffering by accepting their circumstances b.) people can protect themselves from being hurt by hiding their true self from the outside world c.) african americans can survive bad situations only by being defiant d.) african americans used the "mask" to hide their suffering and gain a kind of victory against (plato user)