Excerpt 1 Olaudah Equiano- Reading #1 I was soon put under the decks, and there I received such a salutation (greeting) in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life: so that, with the loathsomeness (horribleness) of the stench and crying together, I became so sick and low that I was not able to eat I now wished for the last friend, death, to relieve me; but soon, to my grief, two of the white men offered me eatables (food); and on my refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by the hands, and laid me across I think the windlass(a part of the ship), and tied my feet, while the other flogged me severely

Look closely at the phrase, " I now wished for the last friend , death, to relieve me , " What is Equiano referring to?

A.
he hopes to find friends from home

B.
he hopes to be rescued

C.
he hopes his friends will bring food

D.
he hopes to die

Awife was having an affair with her neighbor. the wife and her husband had a prenuptial agreement that prevented the wife from receiving any of the husband’s sizable fortune in the event of a divorce. the wife and her neighbor formed a plan to murder the husband and run away together with the wife’s inheritance. the neighbor shot the husband one evening, killing him instantly, then drove to a town 100 miles away and checked into a motel. later that night, the police showed up at the motel with a valid warrant for the neighbor’s arrest. after the neighbor was arrested and placed in a police car, the police asked the motel clerk for permission to search the room, and the clerk granted the request. the police found the gun hidden in the tank of the toilet. the wife and the neighbor were each charged with first-degree murder and tried separately. at her trial, the wife sought to suppress any evidence of the gun, arguing that it was seized illegally. what is the prosecution’s strongest response to this argument? athe motel clerk gave the police permission to search the room. bthe wife was not staying in the motel room where the gun was found. cthe gun was found in a search incident to a lawful arrest. dthe neighbor did not have a reason

Give an example of a situation in which an individual's pursuit of economic self-interest may not benefit but instead harm the rest of society

Which is the best conclusion that can be drawn regarding the status of african-americans in the south in the late 1800s? a) african-americans made tremendous political, social, and economic advancements during the reconstruction era. b) passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the u.s. constitution guaranteed equal status and rights for all african-americans. c) the reconstruction policies enacted by the federal government were highly effective in african-american citizens transition to life after slavery. d) although african-americans had equal rights under federal law they were still economically, politically, and socially inferior to whites in the south during the reconstruction era.