Directions: Read the passage, and answer the question that follows. Clayton was aware of his churning stomach and his sweaty hands. Although his career was just beginning, he had
been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. His fellow nominees smiled and wished him well, although Clayton
sensed daggers in their stares. His heart was beating like a drum, and was so loud in his head that he almost didn't
hear the voice announcing his name. Stunned, he ran to the stage. As he reached for the statuette, his hands were
shaking violently. He stumbled through his acceptance speech, relieved once he realized this was the big break he
had been hoping for!
Which phrase in the passage helps you visualize what it feels like to be nervous?
a. "churning stomach"
b. "sweaty hands"
C. "hands shaking violently"
d. all of the above

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.

Which of these websites would be least likely to provide credible reference material for researching stress?

Which piece of textual evidence from the short story "civil peace" by chinua achebe can be used to defend the claim thatviolence has not ended despite the end of war?