1. PARTĄ: Which of the following best identifies a central idea of the text?
A President Eisenhower used the Little Rock crisis as an
excuse to display the federal government's power over
states.
B Segregationists made solid arguments against integration
in their protests that prompted many Americans to
protest integration.
C The public crisis in Little Rock made many Americans
determined to have the federal government enforce
segregation.
D The Little Rock Nine helped break racial barriers in
American education despite great opposition.

the answer is: the start of world war i, and russia’s hopes of benefiting from it

during world war i russian joined due to in their current crisis they were being supported by france and the war was already declared to them by germany, they needed to maintain their political goal and leadership role in the balkans, and is the same feeling that this excerpt evoke the eager of maintain the land value.

answer: b

explanation: i have never watched or read about him but looked it up and it seems the most sensible answer. sorry if it's wrong. ☺

wheres the passage with the idiom underlined

"valley of salt tears" and "dark, deep and foggy" are two images used to establish a mood of uncertainty and regret. this imagery is made up of sensory appeals to brings up   theological concerns of sin and retribution.

they conjure up the human   uncertainty about the divine and its relationship to the world.