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PART A: Which of the following statements best expresses a central idea of the text?
The best way to cope with stress is to remain positive and ignore all negative emotions, rather than
dwell on stressful situations.
Studying one's dreams is a great adaptive coping mechanism because it prompts one to reflect on
their life choices.
All adaptive coping mechanisms become maladaptive if utilized and relied on too frequently.
People use different methods to deal with stress, which can produce positive and negative
consequences depending on how one chooses to cope.

What do both in memoriam, a. h. h. and “the lady of shalott” by alfred, lord tennyson suggest about people’s relationships with others? people can remain united even in death. people are mysterious and can never fully know one another. separation from others can lead to pain and loneliness. people create barriers that can prevent them from forging ties with others.

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.

The travels of marco polo. based on the text and the map, which labeled location sends products to shihr?