How does the Jester respond when the Prime Minister presents his candidates to the King? The story:
from ,begin bold, The Honored Characters COURT JESTER, KING, PRIME MINISTER, PAGE, ARTIST, SCIENTIST, OLD WOMAN, Story begins... JESTER: I grant you that all of the choices made by the Prime Minister have been excellent. I grant you that you have a long list of worthy subjects, skilled in many ways. But I still say that the one I have selected is best of all. These people would be the first to say so. KING (,begin italics, Perplexed, end italics,): I do not understand. How are you so sure?PRIME MINISTER (,begin italics, Alarmed, end italics,): Sire, pay no attention to this Fool. He is just babbling like a brook. Will you not see the others?KING: Ah, yes indeed! (PRIME MINISTER, begin italics, claps his hands and the ,end italics, PAGE ,begin italics, brings in ,end italics, ARTIST, ,begin italics, who carries a large painting, end italics,.)PRIME MINISTER: This is the Artist. His portraits of your wise men will live through the ages. He paints scenes of your countryside which are shown in all the museums of the land. ARTIST (,begin italics, Bowing, end italics,): I try to make both truth and beauty come to life here on canvas. I paint what I see both of the old and of the new. (,begin italics, He gives the picture to the KING.) KING (Looking at it,): Ah, you have caught the beauty and simplicity of living. You have captured the loveliness of our land. I thank you. (,begin italics, To others, end italics,) This man is a master. (ARTIST ,begin italics,

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

answer: group ii. when the root is a full word except for a final e, the forms usually are spelled with -able.

explanation: the word will be deplorable. -able will be used with the word 'deplore-'. the group ii is when the root is a full word except for a final e, the forms usually are spelled with -able is used for the word deplore- because the word deplore- has 'e' at the end of it.

our founding fathers introduced the revolutionary idea that each person's desire to pursue their idea of happiness was not self-indulgence, but a necessary driver of a prosperous society. they created a government to defend that right for everyone.

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader