"a man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind." -william shakespeare, the comedy of errors

the quote above is an example of a(n):

a. alliteration
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. simile

What does the term fiend not mean as it is used in the passage? a) beast b) brute c) fanatic d) savage

Write a précis of "from 'on the duty of civil disobedience'" paragraph 1 by henry david thoreau.

What does the candle symbolize in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? “when i am not, what will there be? there will be nothing. then where shall i be when i am no more? can this be dying? no, i don’t want to! ” he jumped up and tried to light the candle, felt for it with trembling hands, dropped candle and candlestick on the floor, and fell back on his pillow. a. ivan ilyich’s shallow lifestyle b. ivan ilyich’s troubled conscience c. ivan ilyich’s murky past d. ivan ilyich’s approaching death