Two friends decide to have a good-natured competition to determine who can improve his happiness the most. One
friend reads books about happiness and studies the best
scientific methods for becoming happler. The other friend
simply finds something he loves to do and pursues it. At
the end of the experiment, the first friend is glad to be done
with it, while the second friend has discovered a new
hobby. Both agree that the second friend is happier than
the first
Based on the summary, what can a reader assume about the story's theme as
it relates to happiness?
O A. People who focus on happiness are denying what really makes
them happy
OB. A person becomes happy by doing something that he or she loves.
O C. Life can be happy without an intellectual life but will be happier
with it.

Read the excerpt from “man listening to disc.” to tommy potter for taking the time to join us on this breezy afternoon with his most unwieldy bass and to the esteemed arthur taylor who is somehow managing to navigate this crowd with his cumbersome drums. and i bow deeply to thelonious monk for figuring out a way to motorize—or whatever—his huge piano so he could be with us today. which of the following additional features would best enhance the reader’s understanding of this excerpt? a diagram showing the narrator’s route through the city a visual simulation of the man walking down the street audio samples of music by the specified musicians textbook chapters on the history of jazz musicians

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

Indicate which statement best summarizes how john proctor feels toward the reverend parris based on his statenents of him in the crucible.