Me will was there no authoritative translation of the bible into english until the 1500s?

a.
before then, scholars did not know ancient languages well enough to translate them.

b.
before then, so few people spoke english that a translation was not needed.

c.
before then, the books that make up the bible had not been collected.

d.
before then, the church did not allow the bible to be translated into english.

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what is the first step in analyzing or preparing a summary for a piece of literature?

c) describe the setting!

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so are we writing a song for you or are we making characters for you.

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."

the answer is a.

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