Which of the following best summarizes the passage?
a.
the pharaoh cleopatra was a smart woman. as a future pharaoh of egypt, she learned the same things that her male relatives did. she studied the many subjects that a leader needs to know. she could speak more than seven languages. cleopatra was a product of the culture of learning that thrived in ancient alexandria.
b.
the pharaoh cleopatra is portrayed as a woman of great beauty. she had a broad education. she read the greek classics. cleopatra was very smart and eventually learned more than seven languages. she also studied history, war and politics.
c.
cleopatra is often portrayed in movies as a woman of great beauty. during cleopatra's time, scholars came from all over to study in alexandria. alexandria had the largest library of the ancient world. cleopatra was a product of this tradition.
d.
cleopatra was pharaoh of egypt. she lived in alexandria, which was then the capital city. it had the largest library in the ancient world. she was very smart and highly educated. she studied hard. today people emphasize her beauty, but that is not the most important thing about

Which of the following statements would most encourage productive conflict? select all that apply.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of “the metamorphosis” hard to read