Read the excerpt from "The Arming of Patroclus." So the warriors went to battle in close array, helmet to helmet and shield to shield, close as the stones with which a builder makes a wall.

What is the meaning of the figurative phrase "close as the stones with which a builder makes a wall" as it is used in the text?

The warriors' armor is incapable of being pierced.

The warriors march very closely to one another.

The warriors get very close to their enemy.

The warriors' armor resembles stones.

What does lennie's dream remind crooks of in of mice and men

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

What central idea does this passage develop? the impact of fate the integrity of leaders the ruthlessness of power the importance of friendship