1. What was meant by the "closing" of the Western frontier? A. the evacuation of many Western towns due to attacks from Native Americans
B. the failure of American railroad companies to establish cities and towns out west
C. the decision by the United States government to prevent additional settlement
D. the settlement of most of the land between the East and West Coasts

2. How does the point of view in Jack London's story "The Law of Life" reflect a characteristic of Naturalism?
A. The narrator is a man pitted against nature, and he knows he will lose.
B. The narrator knows what will happen to Koskoosh, but Koskoosh does not.
C. The narrator is Koskoosh's son, who has seen death many times but fears losing his father.
D. The narrator knows (and reveals to readers) that Koskoosh will be rescued by his people.

For which cause did swift not write? the tory government the devaluation of irish coins the whig wars under william iii the starvation in ireland

Read the following scene from trifles. sheriff (chuckling). married to the law. (moves toward the other room.) i just want you to come in here a minute, george. we ought to take a look at these windows. county attorney (scoffingly). oh, windows! sheriff. we’ll be right out, mr. hale. (hale goes outside. the sheriff follows the county attorney into the other room. then mrs. hale rises, hands tight together, looking intensely at mrs. peters, whose eyes take a slow turn, finally meeting mrs. hale’s. a moment mrs. hale holds her, then her own eyes point the way to where the box is concealed. suddenly mrs. peters throws back quilt pieces and tries to put the box in the bag she is wearing. it is too big. she opens box, starts to take the bird out, cannot touch it, goes to pieces, stands there . sound of a knob turning in the other room. mrs. hale snatches the box and puts it in the pocket of her big coat. enter county attorney and sheriff.) county attorney (facetiously). well, henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. she was going to—what is it you call it, ladies! mrs. hale (her hand against her pocket). we call it—knot it, mr. henderson. what changes might a director or screenwriter make to the original version of this scene in order to best emphasize the mood? cut dialogue from the scene to make it a more appropriate length update the setting to appeal to a more modern-day audience omit the actions of the characters to avoid confusion and chaos include the use of lighting, camera angles, and sound effects

On one of his many outings through the brobdingnagian countryside, gulliver walks on a small path through a field. during this walk on the small path, how does gulliver get dirty? a. the dwarf throws at gulliver, b. the queen of brobdingnagian steps on gulliver, c. gulliver gets caught in a rainstorm, and d. gulliver falls in cow dung.