Read the excerpt from “ crossing brooklyn ferry.” just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so i felt, just as any of you is one of a living crowd, i was one of a crowd, just as you are refresh'd by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, i was refresh'd, just as you stand and lean on the rail, yet hurry with the swift current, i stood yet was hurried, just as you look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick-stemm'd pipes of steamboats, i look'd. what is the purpose of the repetition in these lines?
a) to highlight that the narrator feels misunderstood by others
b) to emphasize that the narrator’s experience is universal
c) to highlight that the reader and narrator are from different times
d) to emphasize that only the reader can relate to the narrator

In the context of the passage, what does the word torpid mean? b. predatory a. energetic c. dormant d. aquatic

In the reading, statement on the assassination of martin luther king, jr., which of the following inferences is best supported by the second paragraph? martin luther king dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. he died in the cause of that effort. in this difficult day, in this difficult time for the united states, it’s perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. for those of you who are black—considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible—you can be filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire for revenge. question 5 options: a) the speaker is urging the same non-violent response that was preached by the slain martin luther king, jr. b) the speaker doesn’t want people to be angry about the death of martin luther king, jr. c) the speaker is trying to encourage racial resentment. d) the speaker wishes he hadn’t been born an american citizen.

When gatsby was in europe after world war i and circumstances forced daisy and him to face unpleasant realities about their relationship,