What does the word paranoia mean in the quote, 'its windows and drawn shades in an old-maidenly preoccupation w a mechanical paranoia" from paragraph 14?
(Hint: According to Merriam Webster dictionary, the word paranoia means "a feeling of excessive or unreasonable
paranoia, you have intense worry and suspicion that others are following you or trying to harm you.)

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

Which war does jonas have a memory about? in the giver.

If chopin were your music teacher, what techniques would he probably expect you to develop and practice? use details and information from the passage to explain your answer.