You may think it's normal to be awake during the day and sleep at night, but that's not true for all animals, Humans are diurnal, the
scientific term for tending to be up and about during the hours when
the sun is up. Being awake in daytime has some obvious advantages.
It's warm, it's easy to see, and, at least for humans, sunshine provides
much-needed vitamin D and also makes us feel good.
But for many animals, being up at night, or being nocturnal, is a great
arrangement. Small animals who are in danger from predators can
gather food more safely in the dark. And some animals can find their
way around by using senses other than sight - bats, for example, use
their sense of hearing to navigate. In hot climates, it can also be a
good thing to avoid the bright sun and spend the day curled up in a
cozy cave or den.
Which statement best summarizes two central ideas of the text?
A. Predators tend to be diurnal; prey animals tend to be nocturnal.
B. Being diurnal brings some advantages, being nocturnal brings
others.
C. Humans are diurnal; bats are nocturnal.
D. Some animals are adapted to being diurnal; other animals use
senses other than sight.

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Which excerpt best states the central idea of the second paragraph of the dark game ?

Amaze i know not these my hands and yet i think there was a woman like me once had hands like these. -adelaide what type of poem is "amaze"?