18. Read the paragraph and identify its main purpose. * (1 Point)
In the past exposure to liability made many doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals reluctant to stop and render
aid to victims in emergency situations, such as highway accidents. Almost all states have enacted a Good Samaritan law
that relieves medical professionals from liability for injury caused by their ordinary negligence in such circumstances.
Good Samaritan laws protect medical professionals only from liability for their ordinary negligence, not for injuries
caused by their gross negligence or reckless or intentional conduct. Most Good Samaritan laws protect licensed doctors
and nurses and laypersons who have been certified in CPR. Good Samaritan statutes generally do not protect laypersons
who are not trained in CPR - that is, they are liable for injuries caused by their ordinary negligence in rendering aid.
The main purpose of this paragraph is to
inform.
argue
classify.

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.

What does water to a paste meaning?

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]