In the sentence "It would have been futile, however, of Asim to even try to resist going because the corvée, or compulsory labor system, allowed the pharaoh to force people to work for three- or four-month shifts on state projects." What does compulsory mean? A. Required
B. Corrected
C. Optional
D. Unjust
Please explain how you got the answer thanks alot!!

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

Why do you think frank tashlin titled this story  the bear that wasn’t? why didn’t the factory officials recognize the bear for what he was? why did it become harder and harder for the bear to maintain his identity as he moved through the bureaucracy of the factory?

9. types of literature that are told from a point of view include autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, and journals.