In "the convict and the bishop," why is the welcoming scene the author describes in the little one-story house ironic?
a. the residents are in mourning over the death of a child.
b. the residents are unwilling to welcome valjean for the night.
c. the house is attached to the prison.
d. the family does not have enough food to share.

1. the responsibilities of the u. s. federal reserve system include overseeing the banking system and regulating the quantity of money in the economy setting the level of real interest rates working with congress to devise a financial plan for the country and execute the president's orders calculating and reporting the unemployment rate 2. to increase the supply of money when the economy is weak, the fed closes banks reduces inflation sells bonds buys bonds 3. the federal funds rate is the short-term interest rate that banks charge their best customers when borrowing banks earn on savings accounts with the fed banks charge each other when borrowing or lending to each other the fed charges banks when borrowing 4. when the fed increases the money supply and consequently lowers interest rates, the value of the dollar will rise by more in the market for foreign exchange, all else equal will fall, all else equal is not impacted by fed policy will rise, all else equal

Though most presidents have claimed affiliation with a christian church, the only roman catholic president has been a) abraham lincoln. b) john f. kennedy. c) george washington. d) franklin d. roosevelt.

Aly! italy! entirely and universally fascist! the italy of the blackshirt revolution, rise to your feet; let the cry of your determination rise to the skies and reach our soldiers in east africa. let it be a comfort to those who are about to fight. let it be an encouragement to our friends and a warning to our enemies. it is the cry of italy which goes beyond the mountains and the seas out into the great world. it is the cry of justice and of victory. this excerpt could best be used to support a document-based essay on mussolini’s fall from power. mussolini’s role as a charismatic dictator. italy’s high unemployment rates. italy’s alliance with nazi germany.