Quiz: forging modernism 12: modernism

read the excerpt from “the wild swans at coole” by william butler yeats.

the trees are in their autumn beauty,
the woodland paths are dry,
under the october twilight the water
mirrors a still sky;
upon the brimming water among the stones
are nine-and-fifty swans.

the nineteenth autumn has come upon me
since i first made my count;
i saw, before i had well finished,
all suddenly mount
and scatter wheeling in great broken rings
upon their clamorous wings.

while the speaker in “the wild swans at coole” is counting the swans, what does he witness?
a
the swans honk that he is intruding
b
the swans approach him
c
the swans swim away
d
the swans take flight

which statement best expresses the theme of this short story the value of being confused

i believe the answer is a.

explanation:

hope my answer has you!

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.