1. Lucy and Laura have never been close friends. In fact, Lucy is jealous of Laura’s grades and popularity. Nevertheless, Lucy is having a birthday party, and she needs a favor from Laura. She would like to serve the fantastic cake that everyone raved about at Laura’s last get together, but it’s Laura’s mother’s recipe. Lucy calls Laura and tells her about the party and how she would love to have her there because Laura is so much fun to be around. By the way, that cake that her mother made was absolutely delicious. Would Laura mind asking her mom for the recipe? Which type of irony is being used? Explain your

Read the following scene from trifles. mrs. peters. she was piecing a quilt. (she brings the large sewing basket, and they look at the bright pieces.) mrs. hale. it’s log cabin pattern. pretty, isn’t it? i wonder if she was goin’ to quilt or just knot it? (footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. the sheriff enters, followed by hale and the county attorney.) sheriff. they wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it. (the men laugh, the women look abashed.) county attorney (rubbing his hands over the stove). frank’s fire didn’t do much up there, did it? well, let’s go out to the barn and get that cleared up. (the men go outside.) how would a film version most likely emphasize the men’s emotions during this scene? by emphasizing the variety of props used by showing the men’s facial expressions by highlighting the characters’ costumes by focusing on the actions of the women

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was outlawed in 1919 by theeighteenth amendment. prohibition, as it was called, achieved a number of good results. it lowered the average consumption of alcohol. 4rrests for drunkenness fell sharply. the rate of alcoholism was reduced. if the prohibitionists had been willing to legalize beer and wine, the experiment might have worked. instead, by insisting on a totally “dry” society, they drove thousands of ordinary people to break the law. 1. during prohibition, alcohol was not available. 2. during prohibition, many usually law-abiding people drank illegally. 3. the prohibitionists opposed the use of any form of alcoholic beverage. 4. the prohibitionists were tolerant of moderate social drinking.

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of the tragedy of julius caesar and the background information on the allusion it contains. cassius. and why should caesar be a tyrant then? poor man, i know he would not be a wolf but that he sees the romans are but sheep. he were no lion, were not romans hinds. those that with haste will make a mighty fire begin it with weak straws. what trash is rome? what rubbish, and what offal? when it serves for the base matter to illuminate so vile a thing as caesar! but, o grief, where hast thou led me? i perhaps speak this before a willing bondman: then i know my answer must be made. but i am armed and dangers are to me indifferent. casca. you speak to casca, and to such a man that is no fleering tell-tale. hold, my hand. be factious for redress of all these griefs and i will set this foot of mine as far as who goes farthest. cassius. there’s a bargain made. now know you, casca, i have moved already some certain of the noblest-minded romans to undergo with me an enterprise of honourable dangerous consequence. and i do know by this, they stay for me in pompey’s porch. for now this fearful night there is no stir or walking in the streets; and the complexion of the element in favour’s like the work we have in hand, most bloody, fiery, and most terrible. background information: gnaeus pompeius magnus, known in english as pompey the great, was a roman general and political leader. together with caesar and crassus, pompey ruled as a member of the first roman triumvirate. as a leader, pompey was a capable administer and worked to rome grow and prosper. among other projects, he built a large amphitheater in rome. this amphitheater was named after him, and its annex became known as pompey’s porch. during this time, pompey married caesar’s daughter, julia. after her death, however, pompey and caesar began to grow apart, and within a few years, pompey sided with the senate against caesar. war followed. in 48 bce, pompey’s armies were defeated, and he was murdered by former allies who were afraid of caesar’s power. which statement best explains the meaning added by the allusion in this excerpt? a. alluding to pompey’s porch reminds the audience of the importance of pompey to roman culture and wealth, in contrast to caesar’s brutality. b. the allusion to pompey’s porch shows that the conspirators have chosen a meeting place with significance to them and one they are all familiar with. c. alluding to pompey invokes the history of his opposition to caesar, showing that the conspirators in the play are part of a longstanding battle against a tyrant. d. the allusion to pompey references his long and changing relationship with caesar, indicating that caesar is capable not only of being an enemy but also of being an ally.