Read the excerpt from "Machu Picchu: A City in the Sky.” Scientists have also studied the huge stone sundial in the city. The sundial has helped scientists learn about Incan religion and how the Incas kept track of time. The Incas worshipped a sun god. The sundial was part of their religion. The Incas also used it to tell time. The winter solstice was a time of celebration for the Incas. The Incas built the sundial so that the stone points directly at the sun during winter solstice. What is the best summary of the excerpt? The Incan sundial was an important religious statue built to honor a sun god that they worshipped. The sundial was a central part of the city, and it is a popular tourist attraction for scientists. By studying the Incan sundial, scientists determined the exact date of the summer and winter solstices. Studying the Incan sundial revealed Incan religious beliefs about a sun god and the importance of the winter solstice.

Time remaining 59: 46 which central idea should be included in a paraphrase of this excerpt? read the excerpt from the odyssey. out to sea again! ' my men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting.-while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of cicones this was an army, trained to fight on horseback or, where the ground required, on foot. they came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring. so doom appeared to us, dark word of zeus for us, our evil days. the forces sent by cicones to fight odysseus and his men arrived during the early morning hours. odysseus and his men feasted on the animals they slaughtered while on the island of cicones the forces sent by cicones to stop the plundering of odysseus and his men were skilled and powerful odysseus views the forces sent by cicones as punishment from the greek god zeus. mark this and retum save and exit save and exit next sub subunit

The tone of a story is the author's attitude toward the subject. provide two examples that support the conclusion that the tone of this story is ironic.

Read the excerpt from the odyssey; 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you d(arn)ed cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, odysseus (a)is fearful of the cyclops. (b)is prideful and overly confident. (c)has been weakened by the cyclops. (d)has regrets about staying on the island.