Which is the best paraphrase of the following passage from beowulf ? so the living sorrow of healfdane’s son / simmered, bitter and fresh, and no wisdom / or strength could break it: that agony hung / on king and people alike . .

a.

hrothgar felt a strong and unending sorrow that he had no power to overcome. it affected both him and his subjects.

b.

the king was in agony and out of his mind because of what his people had done to him.

c.

grendel was furious at the danes and so he inflicted great pain on the king and his people.

d.

hrothgar felt an endless sorrow he couldn’t get rid of.

Which of the following best states the purpose of an import quota? a. to prevent a budget deficit. b. to reduce competition from foreign producers. c. to increase the gross domestic product. d. to lower taxes and limit government spending

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

What exaggeration about him smiley does the narrator of the notorious jumping frog of calveras county make