Read the excerpt from act ii of the importance of being earnest.

algernon. [raising his hat.] you are my little cousin cecily, i’m sure. cecily. you are under some strange mistake. i am not little. in fact, i believe i am more than usually tall for my age.

the pun used in the excerpt causes the reader to

a) realize that cecily does not like algernon.

b)think that algernon is a funny person.

c) realize that algernon is confused.

d) think that cecily is a quick-witted person.

Choose the sentence which has a subject and verb that agree the clouds that cover the mood dissipate quickly or harry and joe ran quickly to the bleacher that were without empty seats

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

In at least one hundred words, discuss how the man with the umbrella in sorrentino’s “there’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella” is an example of an extended metaphor and what central theme he conveys.