Why did Justinian claim poetically that Hagia Sophia’s gigantic dome seemed to hang suspended on a "golden chain from heaven"?
a. The dome rests on a drum, and the coffering makes it appear weightless.
b. The dome is constructed of stone squinches around the base.
c. The dome rests on pendentives and piers, leaving the area below open.
d. The dome is supported from above rather than below.

Which part of this excerpt from john keats' poem "endymion" contains a simile? therefore, 'tis with full happiness that i will trace the story of endymion. the very music of the name has gone into my being, and each pleasant scene is growing fresh before me as the green of our own vallies: so i will begin now while i cannot hear the city's din; now while the early budders are just new, and run in mazes of the youngest hue about old forests; while the willow trails its delicate amber; and the dairy pails bring home increase of milk. and, as the year grows lush in juicy stalks, i'll smoothly steer my little boat, for many quiet hours, with streams that deepen freshly into bowers.

Which sentence includes an infinitive phrase a) jodi and marisa went to the movies again last week b) athletes who work professionally need to practice c) clothing sizes can vary from manufacturer to manufacturer d) we enjoyed the dancers,who wore grass skirts to their ankles

Read the excerpt from "perseus." fate willed it—or perhaps zeus, who up to now had done little for his love and his child—that they should be discovered by a good man, a fisherman named dictys. he came upon the great box and broke it open and took the pitiful cargo home to his wife who was as kind as he. they had no children and they cared for danaë and perseus as if they were their own. this excerpt best shows that the ancient greeks valued beauty and gracefulness. intelligence and hard work. kindness and generosity. independence and action.