Select the correct texts in the passage. Which two details best develop the central idea about Julius Caesar?

Dictatorships

by Hal Marcovitz

(excerpt from “The Rise of Julius Caesar”)

"Sulla was a brutal and relentless dictator". But one enemy who escaped his wrath was Gaius Julius Caesar. "Caesar was born in 100 BCE to a wealthy family"." As a nephew of Sulla’s opponent Marius, Caesar found himself on Sulla’s list of enemies". No doubt he too would have been killed, but his family intervened, and Sulla reluctantly spared his life. "Next, Sulla ordered Caesar to divorce his wife". "Caesar refused and fled the city". He joined a Roman army campaigning in Turkey and did not return until after Sulla’s death in 78 BCE.

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

Read the opening lines of chapter 1 of twenty years at hull house and answer the question. on the theory that our genuine impulses may be connected with our childish experiences, that one’s bent may be tracked back to that “no-man’s land” where character is formless but nevertheless settling into definite lines of future development, i begin this record with some impressions of my childhood. the author begins her book with memories from her childhood. according to this excerpt, addams felt strongly that childhood was important because its trials and triumphs will support a successful life suffering during this time can create long-lasting goals it has a strong impact on personal growth throughout life children are free of the ethical judgments that adults make next question

What is the primary theme of ha jin’s “a decade”?