Read the excerpt and then answer the question that follows.

". . better be with the dead,
whom we, to gain our place, have sent to peace,
than on the torture of the mind to lie
in restless ecstasy."

which sentence best paraphrases the excerpt?

a.) macbeth believes that killing others has given them peace.

b.) macbeth would rather be dead than alive with the guilt he is feeling.

c.) macbeth is obsessed with the prophesy that banquo's heirs will inherit the throne.

d.) macbeth is plotting more murders to cover up for those he has already committed.

At last it was settled by lot that zeus should reign supreme in heaven, whilst aides governed the lower world, and poseidon had full command over the sea, but the supremacy of zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms, in heaven, on earth (in which of course the sea was included), and under the earth. zeus held his court on the top of mount olympus, whose summit was beyond the clouds; the dominions of aides were the gloomy unknown regions below the earth; and poseidon reigned over the sea. what element of a myth does this excerpt contain? an example of an historical event a lesson about human behavior an explanation of an event in nature a story about gods or goddesses

How many syllables does a tanka have? a. 31 b. 17 c. 14 d. 10

How is the freytag's pyramid not related to the conclusion of the story? a) according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the conclusion of the story. b)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the climax. c)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the introductory material. d)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the falling action of the story.