Answer: <em>For once, at least, I grasped the mental operations of the Morlocks </em>and <em>I was surprised to find it had been carefully oiled and cleaned.</em>
Explanation: In the given excerpt from "The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells, we can see two sentences that suggest that the Morlocks possess a degree of intelligence comparable to that of humans, the first one is "For once, at least, I grasped the mental operations of the Morlocks" because it suggests that the Morlocks have the capacity to think and reason, and the second one is "I was surprised to find it had been carefully oiled and cleaned" because it conveys something common in humans (cleaning and oiling the machine).
Answer:
D
Explanation:
People are able to change the amount spent out at restaurants. It is not a static bill.
The correct answer is C. He leads a group of men in grand and dangerous adventures.
An archetype is a character that appears in literatures all over the world - every nation has a character that might fit into this description. It is a common character that is known to everyone - a hero who takes his people on grand adventures.
Odysseus is one of such characters, but so is Beowulf, and even Harry Potter, in modern literature.
Answer:
d) There are fireworks to celebrate the signing of a peace treaty.
Explanation:
While Montag is running for his life, he hears that war is declared. He is nearly murdered by adolescents in a speeding vehicle yet figures out how to escape and even conceal a book in another firefighter's home and bring in a caution so as to occupy his followers.
Finally, he achieves Faber's loft. Faber guides him to escape toward the open nation, where instructors and scholars are living as tramps. Subsequent to putting on something else to occupy the new Mechanical Hound acquired by the police, Montag makes a last dash for the river.
Answer:
The author includes details about Myrtle's spending habits:
B. to show that Myrtle spends Tom's money.
Explanation:
Myrtle and Tom are characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." Tom and Myrtle are married, but not to each other. Tom, who is a millionaire, is married to Daisy, who also comes from a rich family. Myrtle, on the other hand, is married to George Wilson, a mechanic and owner of a gas station.
<u>Even though Myrtle is poor, she acts as if she were rich when she is with Tom. It is as if his money is her money. At a certain point in the story, on their way to the apartment Tom bought specially to meet with her, Myrtle has Tom buy her a dog. They then spend the whole day drinking and partying with a group of friends. The author includes these details to show that Myrtle has a sense of ownership when it comes to Tom and his money. She wants comfort and luxury, so she uses her lover's money to obtain them.</u>
