1.) select the correct inference of the given passage from "the cask of amontillado." "he! he! ! he! , the amontillado. but is it not getting late? will not they be awaiting us at the palazzo, the lady fortunato and the rest? let us be gone." "yes," i said, "let us be gone." a. the narrator intends to free fortunato from the vault. b. the narrator and fortunato are worried about the late hour. c. fortunato will never leave the vaults again. d. fortunato is still concerned about the amontillado. 2.) select the correct inference of the given passage from "the cask of amontillado." "i have my doubts," i replied; "and i was silly enough to pay the full amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. you were not to be found, and i was fearful of losing a bargain." a. the narrator was worried he would lose a bargain. b. the narrator wants his fortunato to feel superior. c. the narrator was upset by paying too much for the amontillado. d. the narrator could not find fortunato when he needed him.

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. 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! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

Which component of a rhetorical argument is missing from the chart above? a. civics (civos) b. ethics (ethos) c. patriotics (patros) d. histrionics (histros)

"the name pelé is nearly always associated with the game of soccer. although pelé stopped playing soccer, he remains a legend. becoming an ambassador for soccer, he worked to promote peace and understanding through sports. pelé was named fifa's "co-player of the century." in all, he scored 1,281 goals in 1,363 games of his career. nearly all soccer players are measured against pelé's legacy." which detail is an effective summary of this text? a. pelé scored over 1,000 goals in more than 1,000 games during his career. b. pelé was the best soccer player to ever live. c. pelé believed sports could promote peace and understanding among people. d. pelé was a legend in soccer for both his playing and his work in the sport after retirement.