Excerpt from The Rainbow, Chapter X (excerpt) D. H. Lawrence
Then there was an outcry. Mrs. Brangwen would not have it; no, she would not All her innate dignity and standoffishness rose
up. Then there was the vicar lecturing the school. It was a sad thing that the boys of Cossethay could not behave more like
gentlemen to the girls of Cossethay. Indeed, what kind of boy was it that should set upon a girl, and kick her, and beat her, and
tear her pinafore? That boy deserved severe castigation, and the name of coward, for no boy who was not a coward-etc., etc.
From the textual evidence provided in this paragraph, what conclusions can the reader draw regarding the vicar?
A)
He favors boys over girls.
B)
He has no strong feelings.
He supports Mrs. Brangwen's perspective entirely.
D)
He tends to be indulgent towards children's misbehavior.

Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

Which sentence about subject-verb agreement is not true? a. singular subjects go with singular verbs. b. plural subjects go with plural verbs. c. when the subject and the verb go together, they agree. d. plural verbs go with singular subjects.

Read the lines from "she walks in beauty." the smiles that win, the tints that glow, but tell of days in goodness spent, a mind at peace with all below, a heart whose love is innocent! which of wordsworth's beliefs about poetry is illustrated in these lines by byron? a. poetry should present the ordinary in unusual ways. b. poetry should include fantastical, dreamlike settings. c. poetry should revolve around feelings and emotions. d. poetry should focus heavily on everyday situations.