Read this excerpt from “my last duchess” by robert browning: —and if she letherself be lessoned so, not plainly sether wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse,—e'en then would be some stooping: and i choosenever to stoop. oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt, whene'er i passed her; but who passed withoutmuch the same smile? this grew; i gave commands; then all smiles stopped together. what conclusion can you draw about the speaker's character?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

What evidence from the text supports the conclusion that gilgamesh demonstrates courage and takes risks?

In what way was the modernist element of disillusionment shown in “the jitling of granny weatherall”? a) the story rejects traditional, chronological order. b) granny feels jilted at both her wedding and her deathbed. c) the narration makes heavy use of symbolism. d) granny’s thoughts are hard to distinguish from real events