Question 1 of 25
2 points
read the following argument:
it has been documented that therapy dogs relieve stress
and provide health benefits for patients in hospitals and
nursing homes.
which of the following statements offers the most relevant evidence to
support this argument?
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a. pets in hospitals may provide entertainment, but they also may
bring diseases with them.
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b. increasing pet visitation has caused interruptions to the work of
nurses because they want to see the pets too.
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c. interaction with pets can reduce a patient's pain, lower blood
pressure, and increase communication.
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d. pets can disrupt schedules and prevent patients from going to
their program of physical therapy.

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. 1. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) 2. o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) 3. nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) 4. at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet