Based on the context of each sentence, choose the word that most closely matches the denotation of the bolded words. 1) great oracle, why are you staring at me, do i baffle you, do i make you despair? (from “to the oracle at delphi by lawrence ferlinghetti) 2) i, americus, the american, wrought from the dark in my mother long ago, (from “to the oracle at delphi by lawrence ferlinghetti) 3) i am kneaded by a million black fingers & nothing about me/improves. (from “unanimity has been achieved, not a dot less for its accidentalness” -produced; shaped -knead, work -perplex; confuse

In the reading, i know why the caged bird sings, marguerite views mrs. flowers as a larger than life personality. which quote from the text most strongly supports how marguerite views mrs. flowers? question 18 options: a) “i’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.” b) “you see, i had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat.” c) “there was a little path beside the rocky road, and mrs. flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.” d) “somehow i had never connected mrs. flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people.”