50 points Read this excerpt from "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes.

I’ve known rivers:
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

What does the speaker allude to in this excerpt?

the rivers from his childhood

rivers as old as civilization itself

the survival of his people

the bloodshed from the Civil War

I believe the last option?

Explanation:

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question 1: d) the old man continued, "in the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.'"

question 2: d) by providing a different perspective and encouraging the englishman to never give up, the boy him to discover the alchemist.

question 3: c) the stones he gave santiago the boy to recognize omens, which will him on his journey to find his personal legend.

question 4: d) when the englishman wants to quit, santiago doesn’t allow the englishman to give up.

question 5: a) by instructing the englishman to go and try, the englishman is motivated to continue on his journey toward his personal legend.

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