Read the excerpt from the canterbury tales.

god’s arms! ” exclaimed one of these debauchees,
"is the fellow then so dangerous to meet?
in highways and in byways, street by street,
i’ll seek him out, i vow it on god’s bones.
now listen, fellows: let us three be one,
each of us hold his hand up to the other,
and each of us become the other’s brother,
and we will kill this black betrayer, death,
and kill the killer, by god’s holy breath,
and that before the sun goes down on us!

which statement best describes how the speaker in the excerpt is characterized?

a. he is impassioned and persuasive.
b. he is pessimistic and mournful.
c. he is friendly and humorous.
d. he is clear-headed and sensible.

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive

Which statements about the controlling idea of a text are true? check all that apply.

(1) one of the most popular festivals in southeast asia is diwali, the hindu festival of lights. (2) diwali means “row of lights.” (3) several legends claim that the festival was created to celebrate the homecoming of lord rama after more than 14 years of exile. (4) after lord rama defeated the demon ravana, the people placed small lanterns outside of their houses to light their leader’s way home. (5) today, the festival honors many different gods and traditions. (6) most people view diwali as a celebration of hope and a time to remember that good will always overcome evil. (7) people celebrate the five-day festival with an abundance of lights, fireworks, food, and music. (8) many families also pay their respects to different gods by building small altars in their homes. jordan has decided that moving sentence 4 before sentence 3 will improve the organization of the report. is jordan correct in her revision? a) yes, because the revision explains why rama was exiled b) no, the revision disrupts the logical order of the report c) no, the revision moves the answer away from the posed question eliminate d) yes, the revision improves the chronological order of the report