Describe the structure of the poem, and explain how this structure supports the development of the theme. Cite evidence from the poem in your response. Which lines from the poem best support the answer to Part A? A. “The cover goes first, then outer leaves / curling away, then spine and a scattering” (Lines 3-4) B. “More disturbing / than book ashes are whole libraries that no one / got around to writing” (Lines 10-12) C. “the terrorized countryside where wild dogs / own anything that moves” (Lines 14-15) D. “So I’ve burned books. And there are many / I haven’t even written, and nobody has.” (Lines 18-19)

Which statement is the best summary of the theme in this passage? small pleasures bring joy to life. o people cannot cope without relaxing activities. most people prefer to be alone. danger is inevitable, even in a person's home.

Select the correct text in the passage. which two lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of romeo and juliet? friar laurence: so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not! romeo: amen, amen! but come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight: do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough i may but call her mine. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

In “we wear the mask,” which message is conveyed by dunbar’s repetition of the phrase “we wear the mask”?