Which aspect of editha's character does the following excerpt from william dean howells's short story "editha" reveal?

"that ignoble peace! it was no peace at all, with that crime and shame at our very gates." she was conscious of parroting the current phrases of the newspapers, but it was no time to pick and choose her words. she must sacrifice anything to the high ideal she had for him, and after a good deal of rapid argument she ended with the climax: "but now it doesn't matter about the how or why. since the war has come, all that is gone. there are no two sides, any more. there is nothing now but our country."

a.
empty idealism
b.
pragmatism
c.
manipulation
d.
moral fortitude

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important.what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority

The duke and the dauphin lie, cheat, and steal for the purposes of their own survival. answers: •true •false

  which statement describes the main argument of truth’s speech