At no other time, even when he had lost heavily on the Stock Exchange, had he felt so great a contempt for himself. When he got home he lay on his bed, but his tears
and emotion kept him for hours from sleeping.

Based on this passage from "The Bet", which statement best describes how the 15
year imprisonment of the lawyer affected the banker:

The banker was angry and vowed revenge for the lawyer not holding up his end
of the bet

The banker was proud of himself for completing the bet

The banker was angry at himself and full of regret for having ever placed the bet
to begin with

The banker was not impacted by the lawyer's imprisonment and would likely go
on living his life like it never happened.

Without saying a word, berthe seized the child, kissed it and hugged it to her. then she raised her tear-filled eyes to him, asking: "did you say that the mother was dead? " he answered: "yes—just now—in my arms. i had broken with her since summer. i knew nothing. the physician sent for me." then berthe murmured: "well, we will bring up the little one." in this excerpt from "a wedding gift," the scene is an example of situational irony because berthe behaves in a surprising way an example of the theme of redemption because the child has another chance an example of dramatic irony because berthe behaves in a surprising way an example of the theme of tragedy because the infant's mother has just died

When should readers refer to a dictionary instead of relying on context clues? select all that apply.when they have timeeach unfamiliar word they findwhen the surrounding words are unfamiliarwhen an unfamiliar word appears frequently

Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read a. line by line. b. with long pauses. c. phrase by phrase. d. with a strong rhythm.