Preface: this distinction prevailed until august 2006, when the international astronomical union (iau), prompted by pressure from the professional community of planetary scientists as well as from the general public, brought pluto's planethood to a vote at a triennial general assembly in prague, czech republic. the result? pluto was formally downgraded from "planet" to "dwarf planet," thereby to diffuse the negative attention that we had been receiving for six years running. neil degrasse tyson, the pluto files interview: over the years, people started realizing that maybe that kind of makes sense, and six years later, the international astronomical union, they took a vote, and basically they said pluto should be reclassified. so we were, in the end, kind of vindicated. neil degrasse tyson, interview by melissa block, "astrophysicist chronicles battle over pluto" how are the excerpts from the preface of the pluto files and the interview, "astrophysicist chronicles battle over pluto," different? a. the preface shows the author's emotion while the interview displays the author's attitude in a less emotional way. b. the preface is not clearly structured while the interview is well-organized and easy for the audience to follow. c. the preface expresses a complete idea while the interview just gives an overall impression of the topic. d. the preface contains run-on sentences and "filler" words while the interview uses more complex sentences.

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Industrialization in europe changed the way people lived. the urban working class came into being, and with it came the drudgery of work. which two parts of this excerpt from franz kafka's the metamorphosis most closely reflect this impact of industrialization on people's lives? "what's happened to me? " he thought. it wasn't a dream. his room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. a collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table—samsa was a travelling salesman—and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. it showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer. gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel quite sad. "how about if i sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense," he thought, but that was something he was unable to do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present state couldn't get into that position. however hard he threw himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. he must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt before. "oh, no", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that i've chosen! travelling day in and day out. doing business like this takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or become friendly with them. they can all go away! " he felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. he slid back into his former position. "getting up early all the time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. you've got to get enough sleep. other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. for instance, whenever i go back to the guest house during the morning to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting there eating their breakfasts. i ought to just try that with my boss; i'd get kicked out on the spot. but who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me. if i didn't have my parents to think about i'd have given in my notice a long time ago, i'd have gone up to the boss and told him just what i think, tell him everything i would, let him know just what i feel."

Which line is an example of iambic pentameter? a) but how of cawdor? the thane of cawdor lives b) and i do love thee: therefore, go with me c) fear no more the heat o' the sun d) to be, or not to be, that is the question me, i'd appreciate it