Part A What is a theme in "Too Fast"?

A. Great inventors are passionate about their work.

B. Excessive enthusiasm can lead to bad choices.

C. Technology is more harmful than helpful.

D. Helping people is often its own reward.

Part B
How is the theme identified in Part A best developed in the passage?

A. The car is built to go very fast on both land and water.

B. Batnik makes a terrible mistake because he wants to show off for his friends.

C. Batnik’s dad wants to help people by making their lives easier.

D. Batnik’s dad invents things because he loves his homeland.

Read the excerpt from act iv, scene iv of romeo and juliet. capulet: good faith! ’tis day: the county will be here with music straight, for so he said he would. [music within.] i hear him near. nurse! wife! what, no! what, nurse, i say! 30 re-enter nurse. go waken juliet, go and trim her up; i’ll go and chat with paris. hie, make haste, make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: make haste, i say. [exeunt.] 35 this scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that the musicians will not arrive on time. capulet approves of the match to paris. romeo is already married to juliet. the nurse will be unable to rouse juliet.

Which statement correctly describes the verb function in this sentence? the word “dancing” is a verb that functions as a noun. the word “dancing” is a verb that functions as an adjective. the word “becoming” is a verb that functions as a noun. the word “becoming” is a verb that functions as an adjective.

In “the bet” by anton p. chekhov, what motivates the lawyer to participate in the bet?