Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

his name was enoch and his father was the priest of the snake cult. the story went that enoch had killed and eaten the sacred python, and that his father had cursed him.

mr. brown preached against such excess of zeal. everything was possible, he told his energetic flock, but not everything was expedient. and so mr. brown came to be respected even by the clan, because he trod softly on its faith.
based on the context in which it appears, what does the word "expedient" most likely mean in this excerpt from achebe’s things fall apart?

appropriate
believable
comprehensible
fortunate

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

In the final circle of hell, what type of sinners are being punished? a. people who steal from the church b. people who betray their family c. people who cheat others in business d. people who are hypocrites 2b2t

The moutain stood shoulder to shoulder and glared down at the pasture below, daring anyone to approach. what is the most likely the intent of the author's word choice in this sentence?