Read the excerpt below from “the colomber” by dino buzzati and answer the question that follows. so, the idea of that hostile creature waiting for him day and night became a secret obsession for stefano. and even in the distant city it cropped up to wake him with worry in the middle of the night. he was safe, of course; hundreds of kilometers separated him from the colomber. and yet he knew that beyond the mountains, beyond the forests and the plains, the shark was waiting for him. he might have moved even to the most remote continent, and still the colomber would have appeared in the mirror of the nearest sea, with the inexorable obstinacy of a fatal instrument. what is the primary conflict in this passage? a) internal b) external c) friendly d) ironic

What is meant by “eternally burning black pipes”? what is this implying about the personality of the firemen?

Answer this correctly what is the cause and effect

Julius caesar. [brutus.] with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. cassius. and died so? brutus. even so. cassius. o ye immortal gods! [enter lucius, with wine and taper] brutus. speak no more of her. give me a bowl of wine. in this i bury all unkindness, cassius. cassius. my heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. fill, lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; i cannot drink too much of brutus' love. [exit lucius. enter titinius, with messala] brutus. come in, titinius; welcome, good messala. now sit we close about this taper here, and call in question our necessities. cassius. portia, art thou gone? brutus. no more, i pray you. what moral dilemma does brutus confront in this excerpt? brutus lets go of his anger toward cassius and forgives him. brutus decides that he will not mourn portia and will stay loyal to cassius. brutus decides that he is too angry at cassius to remain friends with him. brutus questions whether cassius's life should be ended.