Which answer best summarizes the events from the poem contained in the following lines? "this plainly he saw then who with mirth of mood malice no little had wrought in the past on the race of the earthmen, that his body would fail him but higelac's hardy henchman and kinsman held him by the hand"
a. grendel has the upper hand in the fight and is stronger than beowulf.
b. beowulf is struggling in his battle with grendel and wants to give up.
c. grendel cannot match beowulf's strength, and he knows he will lose the fight.
d. beowulf is happy when he sees a way to end the fight with grendel quickly.

Which of these details is not relevant to the paragraph? jane addams was born in cedarville, illinois, in 1860. as the daughter of well-off mill owner, jane always had her needs cared for. while she traveled through england in her late twenties, she and her friend, ellen g. starr, traveled to a house where poor people could sleep, eat, and learn. inspired by this, jane and ellen started a similar establishment, called hull house, in chicago, illinois. people living in the city could get a meal, learn, and rest at hull house. the founders soon became famous for their work, and their efforts many poor people in chicago. for her work, jane was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1931.

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.

Which sentence contains the central claim in "compulsory voting: an idea whose time has come" by tor hunter?