Choose the answer that BEST supports this claim: Long ago, Alexander the Great created one of the largest land empires, or areas under his control, in Eurasia.
A. Alexander the Great ruled over the area from modern-day Greece to modern-day India.
B. Alexander the Great was tutored by a famous philosopher named Aristotle.
C. Philip II of Macedon was the father of Alexander the Great.
D. Philip II of Macedon married Cleopatra.

Which inference can a reader make based on the information in the excerpt?

Is the slightly humorous tone of kristof's essay inappropriate for a discussion of deliberately killing wild animals? why or why not?

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