Read the following quotation from the bean trees and answer the question that follows. “feeding a girl is like feeding the neighbor's new year pig. all that work. in the end, it goes to some other family.” (the bean trees, a novel by barbara kingsolver. copyright © 1988 by barbara kingsolver. all rights reserved. reprinted by permission of harpercollins publishers.) what is the significance of this quote? a. it demonstrates lee sing's vast knowledge of chinese proverbs. b. it reveals lou ann's guilt at having left her family in kentucky. c. it illustrates the importance of food during the chinese new year. d. it discloses lee sing's insensitivity to lou ann's condition.

Study the map below. based on the information shown on this map, which ofthe following locations served as an eastern border for the mongol empire?

Which is these is not a benefit of parallel structure? a)clarity b)classification c)emphasis d)balance

Julius caesar. [brutus.] with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. cassius. and died so? brutus. even so. cassius. o ye immortal gods! [enter lucius, with wine and taper] brutus. speak no more of her. give me a bowl of wine. in this i bury all unkindness, cassius. cassius. my heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. fill, lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; i cannot drink too much of brutus' love. [exit lucius. enter titinius, with messala] brutus. come in, titinius; welcome, good messala. now sit we close about this taper here, and call in question our necessities. cassius. portia, art thou gone? brutus. no more, i pray you. what moral dilemma does brutus confront in this excerpt? brutus lets go of his anger toward cassius and forgives him. brutus decides that he will not mourn portia and will stay loyal to cassius. brutus decides that he is too angry at cassius to remain friends with him. brutus questions whether cassius's life should be ended.