Near the end of the story “the minister’s black veil,” the minister of westbury pays a visit to father hooper. what does the minister mean by the phrase “veil of eternity” when he says to father hooper, “before the veil of eternity be lifted, let me cast aside this black veil from your face”?

a. that which represents a life-threatening disease

b. that which hides hooper’s sins from others

c. that which has hidden hooper’s sins from god

d. that which separates this life from the next

Kwan gazed out at her brother and heard his shrieks of delight as he tried to direct their marvelous flying creation. she watched it wheel, spin, and dive—a wild, colorful bird putting on an aerial display. its gold and red crepe-paper wings fluttered in the air, mimicking the flight of a predatory bird surveying the landscape for prey. it swooped and dived, perhaps discovering a possible meal, and then went airborne again to avoid the rocky terrain below. min was the falconer, guiding his bird on its path through the sky, not yet ready to call it back to the ground. but kwan grew concerned when she looked out at the dark, threatening clouds beginning to roll in off the water. when she saw the streaks of lightning within the cloud formation, she pointed to the distant storm and called out to her little brother to bring in the kite. min nodded and rolled in the kite string, bringing his bird home. “let’s go,” kwan told her brother and put her arm around him to fold him safely under her wing as they both held onto the kite. “it’s time to go home.” how does the extended metaphor in paragraph 3 affect the mood of this passage? a-it creates a feeling of silliness that captures the absurd humor of the situation. b- it creates a sense of tranquility to match the feelings of min at this point. c-it creates a feeling of fear over what may happen if the kite crashes. d-it creates a sense of awe and wonder at min's mastery of the kite.

Instead of merely taking over poetic forms from previous eras, the romantic poets developed the form known as the

Select the sentence that has no punctuation or capitalization errors. a.this semester, i'm taking math, history, german, and english. b.this semester, i'm taking math, history german and, english. c.this semester, i'm taking math history, german and english. d.this semester, i'm taking math, history, german, and english.