In brooks' novel, the rector presents the plague as
a. the punishment of an angry god.
b. a god-given opportunity to shine in the face of fear.
c. a chance to save the souls of nonbelievers.
d. an occasion for religious celebration.

Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage "six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. and this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends" - the odyssey

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonists from a) britain b) portugal c) spain d) italy

Ill she not be here anon? is she not hurrying to upbraid me for my haste? have i not heard her footstep on the stair? do i not distinguish that heavy and horrible beating of her heart? what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? it emphasizes usher’s misunderstanding. it emphasizes usher’s love for his sister. it emphasizes usher’s psychological fixation. it emphasizes usher’s melancholy nature.