Read the poem "city trees" by edna st. vincent millay. the trees along this city street, save for the traffic and the trains, would make a sound as thin and sweet as trees in country lanes. and people standing in their shade out of a shower, undoubtedly would hear such music as is made upon a country tree. oh, little leaves that are so dumb against the shrieking city air, i watch you when the wind has come,— i know what sound is there. what is the central idea of this poem? a) city trees cannot compete with the beauty of trees in the country. b) people in cities do not realize that their landscape needs trees. c) city trees make sounds that cannot be heard above the commotion. d) people in cities need to travel to the country to see trees blooming.

Which historical detail can best clarify a reader’s understanding of the information in the excerpt? immigrant factory workers who spoke the same language were separated from each other at work. immigrant factory workers who spoke the same language were known to talk too much at work. immigrant factory workers had to pay rent for their chairs and the supplies they needed at work. immigrant factory workers were crowded into unsafe buildings with locked doors and fire escapes.

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.

Which excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich reflects the author's opinion that the members of the medical profession don't really care about their patients?