Which statement best explains how the phrase "her arms, bare to the elbow, brown, and modelled after those of the arlesian venus" impacts the meaning of the story?

a. it illustrates mercédès' beauty and explains why fernand is so in love with her.

b. it highlights the importance of beauty to the villagers of catalans, especially among the women.

c . it emphasizes how mercédès looks like a villager of the catalans and, therefore,

should only marry someone from the catalans.

d. it shows how modest the women of the catalans are and why they need to marry within the village.

What is darrow’s main argument and the claims he makes in this excerpt? a. darrow argues that even if the boys are horrible monsters, their deaths will not solve the problems of society; he claims that society wants the boys to be executed because people enjoy watching public executions. b. he argues that the people who should be held responsible for the crime are leopold’s and loeb’s parents since they neglected their sons; he claims that leopold and loeb were jealous of the boy they killed because he had expensive belongings they could not afford. c. darrow argues that the boys should not face the death penalty; he claims they both suffer from mental illnesses that make them unable to tell the difference between a dream and reality. d. he argues that leopold and loeb, particularly dickie loeb, should not be executed; he claims they were teenagers who didn’t have proper adult guidance, so they are not responsible for what they did.

If this were a fictionalized account, instead of a memoir, which might be the opening sentence? a) i am not your prisoner. b) i find myself in prison. c) you have taken me prisoner. d) black hawk had been taken prisoner.

What does it appear that the speaker of the poem wants to do? caged bird by alicia keys question options: sing be adored by fans be set free from public scrutiny be shared with the whole world