Read the adapted excerpt from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Soon after, I heard a general shout, with frequent repetitions of the words Peplom selan, and I felt great numbers of people on my
left side, relaxing the cords to such a degree that I was able to turn upon my right, and to get a little ease. But, before this, they had
daubed my face and both my hands with a sort of ointment very pleasant to the smell, which, in a few minutes, removed all the smart
of their arrows. These circumstances, added to the refreshment I had received by their victuals and drink, which were very nourishing,
disposed me to sleep. I slept about eight hours, as I was afterwards assured; and it was no wonder, for the physicians, by the
emperor's order, had mingled a sleepy potion in the drink.
Which choice best identifies the main idea for a summary of the excerpt?
A.
There are several people untying the cords and bringing food and drink.
B.
The narrator gets some relief and care by those who had bound him.
C.
There is a lot of commotion as they all rush to care for the narrator.
D.
The narrator is injured and ends up sleeping due to the tonic he drinks.

Select the correct text in the passage. which sentence in this excerpt from abraham lincoln's second inaugural address conveys that he wanted the us civil war to end as soon as possible? neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. both read the same bible and pray to the same god, and each invokes his aid against the other. it may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just inging their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. the prayers of both could not be answered. that of neither has been answered fully. the almighty has his own purposes. "woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh" if we shall suppose that american slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of god, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both north and south this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living god always ascribe to him? fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. yet, if god wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the lord are true and righteous altogether." reset next

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.

According to the first stasimon, the chorus appears certain that oedipus is the murder true false