1. sara was always tasked with selecting birthday presents for her friends and family because everyone admired her taste. a. nascent b. semantic c. impeccable d. empirical 2. they moved to the united states many years ago, but their attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. a. nascent b. insular c. semantic d. empirical 3. the professor explained the relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. a. insular b. impeccable c. nascent d. semantic

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.

Which analysis of the text does this passage best support a) lady mcbeth shows how much she loves her husband by offering to take the blame for the kings murder b) lady mcbeth thinks her husband is a good man and wants him to forgive his plans to kill the king c) lady macbeth is considered that your husband didn’t have the nerve to kill the king and take the crown d) read mcbeth believes that her husband is evil and will murder others after he has killed the king

Read the following sentence from hard times by charles dickens: the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and down, like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness. what mood does the imagery in this sentence create? o a. friendly o b. entertaining o c. upsetting o d. tropical