Can someone check my english/reading study guide questions?
my answers will be marked with *
q1. the author's purpose in this passage is to
a. resolve the conflict that drives the story
b. establish the setting the time and place of the story*
c. bring the protagonist and antagonist into the plot
d. bring the story to its exciting turning point
q2. according to the author, the king of england during the time in which the story is set was
a. henry ii
b. richard i*
c. stephen
d. william the conqueror
q3. when the author that the nobles had "resumed their ancient license in its utmost extent," he means that the nobles had again sought to
a. share their wealth with the peasants
b. unite with nobles from other nations
c. gather as much power for themselves as possible*
d. pay homage and give respect to the absent king
q4. which is the best synonym for gallant in line 7?
a. insane
b. ordinary
c. antique
d. valiant*
q5. what does the author think of the region of england in which the story takes place?
a. it is dangerous and rugged
b. it is overdeveloped and industrialized
c. it is uninspiring and nondescript
d. it is beautiful and full of history*

ichabod crane is a fictional character and the protagonist in washington irving's short story, "the legend of sleepy hollow", first published in 1820. in popular culture, this story is sometimes retitled as "the headless horseman."

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

normally working animals are domesticated and ruled by a master, a domesticator (tamer), to perform basic and important functions on a farm, for example. the value used in this context is animal labor in exchange for food. it is not so much a contrast to the story told by napoleon and the pigs, since the animals of that particular farm also performed functions on the farm through domestication. the only thing is that in this case, who rules them is a pig, also an animal, but very respected, to whom the other animals lent him submission. that's about a strong relationship of dependency between animal and owner.