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why the titanic struck an iceberg has never been made perfectly clear. the ship was moving extremely quickly through waters known to be icy and dangerous at the time, and the crew may have been confused as to the position of the ice fields. news reports suggest that foggy weather may also have been a factor.
what is the implied main point of this paragraph?
a. there were several possible reasons that the titanic’s crew failed to navigate around the iceberg.
b. the crew of the titanic saw the iceberg but made no effort to avoid it.
c. the crew of the titanic failed to communicate problems.
d. the titanic was not designed to sail in icy waters.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Match the sentence to its correct verb mood

Which of the following did shakespeare change in his version of romeo and juliet? he increased emphasis on the capulet-montague conflict. he made romeo and mercutio’s relationship more complicated. he made the franciscan friars more evil. he gave tybalt a smaller role.