Read the following passage and answer the question.

sing to me of the man muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. what is the meaning of the word hallowed as it is used above?

1.sacred
2.disgraceful
3.spirited
4.bad

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” the old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and gather into his hands the small toads blinded by our lights and leaping, live drops of rain. what are readers most likely to infer from the phrase "blinded by our lights”? a the action in the poem takes place at night. b the weather makes the toads difficult to see. c another car is coming around the bend. d grampa is shining a lantern to see the toads.

Which best describes the suspense technique of flashback? an image, color, object, or similar is shown early in the film. it later reappears in a pivotal scene or plot point. details of the story outside of the chronological storyline are provided to the audience, often as a memory. illusions of explosions and other events are presented, often using computer-generated imagery to seem realistic. the screenwriter lets the audience know something the main character does not, usually something important to the plot.

According to the study, what made jonathan swift distrust the assumption most english people of his era made about the superiority of their own race and culture?